Integrated Learnings

MAY 30, 2012

So, it can also be effective to prompt learners to relate information to other personal experiences; the idea is to prime the schema for new content. Has schema theory helped inform the way you design eLearning? Schema theory also supports the effectiveness of stories and scenarios in learning. If so, please share your two cents.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 3, 2010

Iverson in the August 2009 issue of Performance Improvement Journal. If they're informative, they can help create new connections in our brain to retain newly learned information in long-term memory. Something else entirely? Iverson makes the point that stories written to educate and entertain are brain-friendly.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 8, 2009

A lesson I thought was particularly interesting from this video is that a 2009 US Department of Education study reveals that students studying online often outperform their face-to-face peers. A shift that makes it possible to harvest more power from social and informal networks. This is both in there personal life and career.

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