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Unravelling The Relevance Of Social Cognitive Theory in Online Learning

ProProfs

Have you ever encountered a situation where you have been forced to use a machine with no clue about how to run it – probably at a self-check-in counter at an airport that has its default language set to language you don’t know or a self-service kiosk for a tram that needs you to share information and money to print your ticket?

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with e's

Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with e's

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There are, inevitably, objections to the Digital Natives position.

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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

All the information below was obtained from Internet sources and announcements in educational journals. If possible, please do not remove the contact information when you re-distribute the list as that is how I receive updates and corrections. Note also that some events will be cancelled at a later date. Thanks for your cooperation.

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7 thoughts on informal learning

KnowledgeOne

” could be the motto of informal learning, this type of learning without structure or organization that we all do on a daily basis without realizing it and whose possibilities are attracting increasing interest, especially in the workplace. At work, informal learning can be conducted with others, but also on its own.

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An All-In-One Resource for All Things xAPI

eLearningMind

Back in 2008, realizing the interoperability limitations of existing learning system standards, such as SCORM (the Shareable Content Object Reference Model), Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI) reached out to the L&D community for suggestions on how to fix those shortcomings. How is xAPI different from SCORM?

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Daily Bookmarks 08/25/2008

Experiencing eLearning

there are theories that in fact a better name would be an information and instruction architect. One learning professional asks if the title “instructional designer&# is perhaps not the most accurate description for what we do, especially with learning 2.0 and increases in learner control. In light of web or learning 2.0,