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Taxonomy of Learning Theories

E-Learning Provocateur

Academia is teeming with learning theories. It can be quite a challenge for the modern learning professional to identify an appropriate learning theory, draw practical ideas from it, and apply it to their daily work. Which theory do you choose? How does it relate to other theories? Where do you start?

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Cognitive Learning: How to Use It, Benefits and Examples

Academy of Mine

Cognitive Learning Theory is a useful theory for looking at education in a modern way, which focuses not just on the student’s ability to repeat the information they have been taught, but instead asks why and how a student was able to learn, and what their innate mental processes and previous life experiences had to do with that learning.

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Cognitive Learning: How to Use It, Benefits and Examples

Academy of Mine

Traditionally, in the education system, a lot of learning is black and white – either you respond to a problem with the correct answer, or you don’t and get the answer wrong. The problem with this style of learning is that it sometimes results in learners memorizing answers solely to complete a course.

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Sneak Peak: My Book on Gamification of Learning and Instruction

Kapp Notes

Also explored are the concepts of distributed practice, social learning theory, achieving the flow state, scaffolding and game levels, and the power of episodic memory. The fifth chapter looks at how gamification can be used for learning and problem-solving. Nathan has been playing video games his entire life.

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Flipped learning for talent development: Lessons from the college classroom

CLO Magazine

I’ve learned that college students and professionals have a common learning goal: managing wicked problems. Whether your student is starting in a profession or your trainee is a senior-level leader, many of their career or work challenges stem from confronting, understanding and managing wicked problems.

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eLearning Course Design: 7 Instructional Design Theories & Models To Consider

Adobe Captivate

Here are 7 top Instructional Design theories that you may want to think about for your upcoming eLearning course design. Situated Cognition Theory. The Situated Cognition Theory was first published in 1989, but its principles are still just as applicable today. Sociocultural Learning Theory.

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Top 113 eLearning Posts and 28 Hottest Topics for 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Performance Learning Productivity , May 28, 2010. Taxonomy of Learning Theories - E-Learning Provocateur , January 12, 2010. Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs - Experiencing eLearning , July 6, 2010. Anatomy of a PLE - Learning with e’s , July 11, 2010. The Way Forward?