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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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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

Learning with e's

These facets of modern life in combination have led educators to question the validity of pre-digital age learning theories. In recent years a variety of new explanatory theories have been generated that can be applied as lenses to critically view, analyse and problematise new and emerging forms of learning. McLuhan, M.

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DISSECTING INTELLECTUAL INVESTMENT

Learnnovators

They are often unscientific and may be based on superstition rather than evidence. Often they are based on an incorrect interpretation of the evidence.” - Dix, A., and Beale, R., Human-computer interaction. Pearson Education.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with e's

This is number 28 in my series on learning theories. I''m gradually working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. My most recent post explored Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. Surowiecki, J.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes. Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery.

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5 papers every learning professional should read

E-Learning Provocateur

In this paper, the author distinguishes between two metaphors for learning: the acquisition metaphor in which the learner’s mind is akin to a vessel to be filled, and the participation metaphor in which the learner is an active social agent in the learning process. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age.

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Is all learning social?

Learning with e's

Development of this theory placed emphasis on the sharing of knowledge within the community of practice, enabling members to situate their learning within their community. There is plenty more that can be said about the social nature of learning, but that will need to wait for the next blog post. 1977) Social learning theory.

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