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Online Learning and Self-Determination Theory

B Online Learning

Motivation is the energising force that initiates and sustains behaviour and is valuable because it produces results (Ryan and Deci, 2000). Extrinsic motivation on the other hand as defined by (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2000) is: a construct that pertains whenever an activity is done in order to attain some separable outcome.

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Moodle appoints Scott Anderberg as new CEO

eAbyas Info Solutions

I’m confident he’s a great fit for the team, and I’m looking forward to him driving positive improvements in our strategy and team culture.” Martin will remain CEO until the end of January 2024 and also continue as a shareholder and Chairman of Moodle’s board of directors.

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Spaced Retrieval, Retrieval Practice, and Knowledge Guru: What Research Tells Us

Knowledge Guru

Knowledge Guru’s game engine is designed to tap into two powerful and empirically supported instructional strategies—Retrieval Practice and Spaced Retrieval. 2005) Application of the testing and spacing effects to name learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology 14: 215–235, 2000. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publishing Co. [4]

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There’s a right way and a wrong way to gamify learning

Axonify

Gamification has been a hot buzzword in the learning space for awhile. All kinds of learning tech—from the LMS to the simple mobile apps—all claim to incorporate gamification. It’s why 80% of Forbes 2000 companies had plans as far back as 2014 to introduce gamification into their learning programs.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

A few years ago I wrote a reflective essay to address that very question, based on two invited keynote speeches I gave in Norway and the Czech Republic, in May 2000. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade.

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A tale of two keynotes

Learning with e's

Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education. In hindsight, neither argument was too wide of the mark.

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Moving on Up(ward)

CLO Magazine

They also feel safer learning here with their peers.”. The plants weren’t designed for daily classes, so instructors have had to carve out learning spaces in breakrooms, meeting rooms and anywhere else they can find free space and chairs. “At

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