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Random Thoughts on Passive Learning and Lectures

Kapp Notes

The study of 225 studies stated that undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures are 1.5 This was attributed to Eric Mazur, a physicist at Harvard University who has campaigned against stale lecturing techniques for 27 years and was not involved in the study indicated above. Daniels, H., and Bizar, M.

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

Knowledge Guru

Additionally, using the combination of a quizzing game and online lectures, student’s minds will focus more on the course and wander less, which is always an issue in online learning. In the study by Harvard researchers, participants were asked to learn from a 21-minute video lecture on statistics. Pashler (Ed.),Encyclopedia

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CSU Resources

Kapp Notes

Here is a course titled How to Increase Learner Engagement which provides ten great ideas for breaking away from the lecture and working toward engaging students on a meaningful level. 2005) Application of the testing and spacing effects to name learning. 19: 619–636, 2005. How to Increase Learner Engagement by Karl Kapp.

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Perfect Partners: Microlearning and Higher Education

MagicBox

They want affordable, purposeful learning that will prepare them for a lifetime of occupational leapfrog and they prefer technology over lecture halls and expensive, outdated print textbooks. 2005) Microlearning in the Lifelong Learning Context. Proceedings of Microlearning 2005. Today’s colleges and universities?

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The 12 Days of Screencasting - On the Second Day.

TechSmith Camtasia

Ian Ozsvald has created over 170 screencasts since 2005, from 30 second tours to 30 minute lessons. He co-founded the screencast tutorial site ShowMeDo in 2005 (used by 50,000 people a month) and founded the professional screencasting company ProCasts in 2008.

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Can you explain the “Fiscal Cliff Crisis” to an Eight-year old?

Vignettes Learning

Storytelling has the power to foster inclusivity because it engages the imagination and emotions (Hilder (2005)). Hilder (2005) writes that the mission of a story is to widen awareness and awaken possibilities.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): "MIT Researchers Advance Lecture Capture with Search Capabilities" (Campus Technology)

Mark Oehlert

» February 11, 2008 "MIT Researchers Advance Lecture Capture with Search Capabilities" (Campus Technology) ( story link ) Now this is what I call an *LMS (lecture management system). You can try it for yourself here. Are we really getting closer to a debate about the role/function/value of resident higher education experiences?

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