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Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID Live on EdTechTalk)

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The function of this element is to support the cognitive and affective objectives of learning. Social presence supports cognitive objectives through its ability to instigate, sustain, and support critical thinking in a community of learners" (p. Tools like Elluminate can provide connection through voice and immediacy.

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Top 70 eLearning Posts for June and Hot Topics including iPad and Mobile Learning

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20 Facts You Must Know About Working Memory - The eLearning Coach , June 2, 2010 Without adapting learning experiences to the learner’s cognitive architecture, instructional design is hit or miss. Here are four examples of how online communities have changed my world: I was organizing a conference in London UK for a client.

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Top 70 eLearning Articles - Hot Topics: iPad Adobe Captivate - July 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

There’s been a lot of discussion around cognitive theory and “how the brain learns.&# The message is that higher incentives lead to poorer performance on even basic cognitive tasks. In the BMW example, the real world is on the other side of his glasses. This video is going round the web, but very interesting.