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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. Retrieval Practice requires learners to recall information rather than simply re-read or re-listen to it. 2005) Application of the testing and spacing effects to name learning.

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Technology Options for Developing and Leveraging Staff Knowledge and Skills

Connect Thinking

Question from a client: Our staff need to be agile in knowledge and skill development to thrive in an environment of ever faster change. What are the technology options for different states in skill and knowledge? Expert: Encourage knowledge sharing and provoke curiosity - Experts are so often an untapped resource for organisations.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. Instead, tell them where to get the information they need, when they need it. Properly d.

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Insights in a Nutshell: Converting Instructor Led Training into Engaging Online Learning Experiences

Infopro Learning

The number of remote workers has increased by 140% since 2005 (1). These materials often include reading materials and information the employees will need to prepare for the training. This helps increase knowledge retention. The global workforce is rapidly growing. In fact, recent surveys have found that 4.3

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Research in Gamification of Learning and Instruction

Experiencing eLearning

Here’s a few points from that research: “Game-based approach produced significant knowledge-level increases over the conventional case-based teaching methods.” ” (Hays, 2005). If you’re interested in more information about the book, check out the other posts in the blog book tour. course work.

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The application of AI in Higher Education

Academia

For instance, AI-powered adaptive learning platforms like CogBooks and Knewton can analyze student performance data in real time, identify knowledge gaps, and provide personalized recommendations for study materials, exercises, and assessments.

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5 common eLearning assessment mistakes (and how to fix them)

BrightCarbon

That means that if you want an accurate picture of learner knowledge you need to make it hard to guess the right answer. 2005) gathered and analysed data from lots of other studies from an 80-year period up to 2005. Similar reliability means that learners with similar levels of knowledge get similar scores.