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Humour and Learning in 3 Questions

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Probably because it mobilizes some of our most sophisticated cognitive faculties, including self-awareness, mastery of the nuance of language, understanding of emotions and non-verbal language, spontaneity and empathy. Humour is also a formidable weapon of seduction, in the broadest sense!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Essential Reading for Instructional Design?

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After my appeal for something a little more pared down that I might actually be able to read, Dr. John came up with these essentials: The Conditions of Learning and Theory of Instruction , by Robert Gagné Training Complex Cognitive Skills , by Jeroen J.G. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Go Read a Book

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In a recent book claiming that television and video games were “making our minds sharper,&# the journalist Steven Johnson argued that since we value reading for “exercising the mind,&# we should value electronic media for offering a superior “cognitive workout.&# Its all in how you ask the question.

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Benefits of Scenario-Based Learning

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learning best takes place in the context in which it is going to be used, and situated cognition, the idea that knowledge is. best acquired and more fully understood when situated within its context (Kindley, 2002). Clark, 2009). * other methods. Checklist: Is SBL the right option?

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Do humour and learning mix well?

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It is because it mobilizes some of the most sophisticated cognitive faculties in the speaker: self-awareness, mastery of the nuance of language, understanding of emotions and non-verbal language, spontaneity, empathy… and because it usually provokes in the recipient that most pleasant and valid reflex that is laughter!

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[IN DEPTH ANALYSIS] Why Are We Cheating?

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Exclusive to mammals, it is the center of higher cognitive functions. According to various sources, at least half of students felt to it, at least once, during high school ( Anderman and Midgley, 2004 ; Christensen Hughes and McCabe, 2006 ; Gilbert and Michaut, 2009 ). The neocortex is the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres.

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The fascinating potential of VR for medical training

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” House of Representatives USA, 111th Congress 02-2009. 2005 ) and is required by the National Council State Boards of Nursing ( National Council of State Boards of Nursing and National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2009 ). Improved patient satisfaction (Blatt et al, 2010; Reiss et al, 2012; Krasner et al, 2009).