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Create Autonomy in Gamification and Other Learning Environments

Kapp Notes

The relationship between a learner’s “choice and system’s response is one way to characterize the depth and quality of interaction” (Salen & Zimmerman, 2004, pg 61). This is not to say that the learner should have absolute control of where to go, what to do or what to learn. New York: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

Learning with e's

The present technology rich learning environment is characterised by a sustained use of digital media, their integration into formal contexts, and a shift toward personalisation of learning. These facets of modern life in combination have led educators to question the validity of pre-digital age learning theories.

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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). Until recently, the debate over this question had two primary camps: academia and corporate America. Properly d.

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Learning Styles and E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

A theory discussion. I will point out some research that indicates that says learning styles exist, but I am not going to focus on some scientific theory thing, which is one reason why I started this blog in the first place – too much theory, and not real world. Jackson’s Learning Styles Profiler (LSP).

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Essential Steps to Build a Transformative Learning Experience

Ed App

Transformative learning is a type of learning experience that causes a shift in an individual’s perspective or attitude. This learning is based on a learning theory propounded by Jack Mezirow (2004). Stages of transformative learning. Transformative learning environments.

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A convenient untruth

Learning with e's

For me, the worst enemy is bad theory. Bad theory, when accepted without challenge, can lead to bad practice. It's insidious, because bad theory that is accepted as fact without a full understanding of its implications, results in bad teaching, and ultimately, learners will suffer. Worse still, as Barbara Prashnig explains: ".it

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The Learner and The Feeling of Self-Efficacy

KnowledgeOne

In a previous article , we presented the self-efficacy theory of the psychologist Albert Bandura, a pioneer of the socio-cognitivist movement. At the heart of this theory is the feeling of self-efficacy, which Bandura considers to be a central mechanism of self-management inherent to our motivation, our achievements and our well-being.

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