2019 - 08 - 21 - Which Medium Is The Best

There is a classic debate that is part of most instructional design curriculums. The great media debate between Richard Clark and Robert Kozma. Clark argued that all mediums worked so you should use the cheapest, Kozma argued that the different attributes of different mediums made them easier in different situations. I view this as two sides of the same coin. Any medium will work but some are easier in different situations so you are free to adapt to the situation and to any constraints you have while knowing there is a way to make it work. I take this approach to learning styles as well. I consider the different learning styles not as that people learn best in one way over another (and research backs me up on this) but rather that we all learn in all of the different styles so as instructional designers we are free to adapt to the situation and constraints and know that there is a way to make it work. What about you what are your thoughts?