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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." (You We got Wii! Getting an Informal M.Ed

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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. Is cognitive ability plastic? And what is cognitive ability, really? Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Kineo Rapid e-Learning Podcast with Gabe Anderson

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Kineo Rapid e-Learning Podcast with Gabe Anderson Another good podcast from the folks at Kineo : an interview with Stephen Walsh (Kineo) and Gabe Anderson ( Articulate ). Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. We got Wii! Getting an Informal M.Ed

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A convenient untruth

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For me, the worst enemy is bad theory. Bad theory, when accepted without challenge, can lead to bad practice. It's insidious, because bad theory that is accepted as fact without a full understanding of its implications, results in bad teaching, and ultimately, learners will suffer. Worse still, as Barbara Prashnig explains: ".it

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit

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A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory. Because its true -- you can impress your clients and peers by working "cognitive load" into a sentence. And, more importantly, you can improve your design when you understand the theory. (Im Im not a big theory person. Im not a big theory person.

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Learning by making

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I countered that the students were, in fact, engaged in a very high level of cognitive activity where they were engaged in learning by making. In his theory of constructionism , Papert argued that we build mental representations of what we learn, and that the situated nature of where we learn influences and strengthens that representation.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Styles as Fortune Telling

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As a practical person, I tend to avoid theory. But in my quest for an informal M.Ed, Ive got to get into theory a bit, right? The EduTech Wiki also has a good overview on learning style theory. Posted by Cammy Bean at 1:41 PM Labels: learning styles , theory 1 comments: Howard Solomon said. For the moment. We got Wii!