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Three Major Theories of Motivation that Massively Boost Engagement in Elearning Courses

Wizcabin

Theories of motivation are physiological theories that explain a person’s reasons for engaging in a particular behavior. This is true for mainstream learning activities as it is for elearning programs. What are the Main Theories of Motivation? Theories of Motivation for ELearning Design. The flow theory.

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Going the extra mile

Learning with e's

This is number 26 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The previous post highlighted issues around the theory of Communities of Practice, from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger.

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Employee Engagement: Meeting Their Needs

KnowledgeCity

If you could ask noted psychologist, Abraham Maslow, he might tell you to meet their hierarchy of needs. Who is Maslow and what is his Hierarchy of Needs? According to Maslow, only one in 100 hundred people ever become fully self-actualized. Another 52 percent are disengaged , and 18 percent are actively disengaged.

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The point of no return

Learning with e's

This is number 27 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4.

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Drive through learning

Learning with e's

This is number 16 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured the theory of Heutagogy by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon and its applications to education.

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Learning, making and powerful ideas

Learning with e's

This is number 31 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The Theory Not to be confused with constructivism, constructionism is a cognitive theory that relates to learning by making things.

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Video for assessment

Learning with e's

Below are a small selection of the videos my own second year teacher education students have made this week around the theme of learning theories. A video entitled Applying theory to the classroom by Alice Sheppard and Laura Mayo , incorporating Maslow''s theory with the spreading activation memory theory of Collins and Quillian.