Nick Leffler

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Social and Learned Helplessness in Learning

Nick Leffler

It’s been a few weeks since I first wrote about Learned Helplessness in Learning but it hasn’t once left my mind. That sounds familiar to Learned Helplessness in Learning. That sounds familiar to Learned Helplessness in Learning. Social Learning. The challenging part to social learning is motivation.

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Turn The Curiosity Back On

Nick Leffler

With all the thinking about self-directed learning and learned helplessness of learning lately, I can’t help to think that curiosity needs to be turned back on. Somewhere between 4th and 8th grade formal education turned the switch of curiosity off to create the expectation that information is delivered to you.

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Increasing Social Awareness in Higher Education

Nick Leffler

About two months ago I wrote about increasing social awareness in higher education , specifically the MSIDT program that I graduated from. I was able to organize publications in several well-known publications, specifically TD magazine, Learning Solutions Magazine, and CLO magazine. Social Learning Has Never Been About a Single Tool.

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What I’m Working On

Nick Leffler

In the end I learned you always have to do what’s best for your future, never for the immediate dollar. Lovely Leffler Jewelry was born, and I’ve been the tech head for the website while I learn even more about WordPress, and now WooCommerce. There’s alaways something to learn about WordPress.

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The (1) Thing(s) Successful People Do First Thing In The Morning

Nick Leffler

The post The (1) Thing(s) Successful People Do First Thing In The Morning appeared first on Nick Leffler's Portfolio & Learning Insights. Increasing Social Awareness in Higher Education. You might also enjoy: How do you get people talking on an enterprise social network? They’re not learners, they’re people.

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Social Awareness Program For Instructional Design Degree

Nick Leffler

Another thing you may know about me is that I’m all for self-directed learning (SDL < ick an acronym). It may seem odd then to have started a consulting position to help a higher education program build their social presence and expand their program. They’re all about formal learning right?

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Communities of Inquiry

Nick Leffler

I want to preface this post with the following information: Before a few days ago I had never heard the term Community of Inquiry, which is exactly why I’ve chosen to write and learn about it. Other models we could choose from were: Networked learning (familiar). Personal learning networks (very familiar). Defining CoI.

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