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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities

Learning Visions

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises. Havent yet read that brain plasticity book , but its on my list.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Games for the Brain

Learning Visions

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Games for the Brain These brain games are from Phillip Lenssen, via Dean at my company who was thinking about how we could use brain teasers or games to get a learner prepped to learn. Use your brain game as a pre-question to focus the learner on the programs learning objectives. Games for Girls.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: How Does Gender Matter in the e-Learning Brain?

Learning Visions

Friday, March 16, 2007 How Does Gender Matter in the e-Learning Brain? A post at the Eide Neurolearning blog on Gender Matters in the Learning Brain. Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Open Simulations vs. Page Turners? Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning from Observation

Learning Visions

A study is cited in which researchers looked at brain activity while subjects learned how to build a structure with Tinker Toys. Im no neuroscientist, but these kinds of images get me excited -- seeing which areas of the brain light up. The brain does indeed pay attention. Weed out the fluff. Games for Girls.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Kineos August Rapid e-Learning Newsletter

Learning Visions

Theyve also got an audio interview with Dr. Itiel Dror who discusses the brain and e-Learning. Dr. Dror is a cognitive scientist, who urges instructional designers to keep the focus on the learner rather than the learning materials and to design the learning experience to the human brain. Get into the learners shoes.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning to Work, Working to Learn

Learning Visions

Revisiting Things dont seem to stick in my brain the way they used to. Its my new brain and it arrived just in time (my old one was getting kind of worn). Have any to add? Nows a good time to go back and thumb through some of my old favorites be they books, blog posts, articles, whatever. So many resources to share.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Please PLEs Me

Learning Visions

I just listened to Stephen Downes PLE presentation , so the topic is fresh on the brain). A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. PLEs here we come. (I We got Wii!

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