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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

The Situation Cognition Theory was first introduced by Brown, Collins, and Duguid in 1989, who suggest that learners should be immersed in eLearning activities and content that mimics real world situations. Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. Expert support.

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Related Terms

Tony Karrer

The recent addition of related terms (relationship factors) in eLearning Learning that show what how related terms are to a given result set provides some interesting insights. I already pointed to some of the Interesting Information that we could see as we compare what different bloggers write about.

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Class is over; now what? Informal learning in the workplace

Obsidian Learning

This is learning that takes place outside of the classroom or the eLearning activity. Build a body of best practices for use in operational activities. Encourage employees (both new and veteran) to identify possible communities of practice or mentoring programs.

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10 eLearning buzzwords you need to know!

eFront

He says it’s much more than just adding ‘rewards, points, and badges’ to processes to motivate people – it’s the instructional method and not just the delivery system that provides the elements for learning in a game situation i.e. we must ask what ‘pieces’ in games makes them engaging such as interactivity, content, story.