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Active Learning vs Passive Learning: Why Active Learning is Better

Capytech

Active Learning vs Passive Learning: Why Active Learning is Better It is a fact that for most people, we forget a lot of what we are taught. Think about your time at school as a child and how much of the information you were taught then that you no longer remember. We don’t forget how to do those things. Let’s explore why.

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How To Use Proven Virtual Learning Activities To Boost Your Training

Spark Your Interest

Yet, knowing a few tricks about virtual learning activities can change all that. Knowing what activities to use when, and where, can boost the virtual learning experience. Standardized consistent content and information. Fortunately, with a few proven tips , you can add virtual learning activities to your training design.

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The Limitations of Lecture-Style Training

Jigsaw Interactive

In this article, we will explore the weaknesses of the traditional lecture-style training that currently dominates the training industry. If they do take notes, that activity represents the limit of their engagement. Science, however, is not on the side of lecture-based training.

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How to Draw Attention in Video Lectures

learnWorlds

Video lectures are one of the most promising teaching materials in online learning. Empirical evidence suggests that adding attentional cues in the instructor behavior guides learners’ visual attention and thus improves their learning performance in video lectures. The Need for Facial Expressions in Video Lectures.

Lecture 96
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Random Thoughts on Passive Learning and Lectures

Kapp Notes

I recently came across a study called Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics written by a host of researchers, Scott Freemana,1, Sarah L. The study of 225 studies stated that undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures are 1.5 Portland, OR: Stenhouse.

Lecture 100
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Making Virtual Learning Stick with Activity Debriefs

InSync Training

This webinar approach to content delivery is perhaps the most ineffective way to get information out to the world. Few of us have the motivation or concentration to focus on 60 minutes of lecture. Unfortunately, we are still holding on to a content model that insists the most important outcome is getting through all of the slides.

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Learning Activities that Matter

Learning Rebels

It is time to move away from just movement…to learning activities that matter. They mean well, really – but it can be frustrating to participate in activities that have no connection to the learning at hand. Training activities should not only engage the body but the brain. Design activities to achieve a purpose.