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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment. Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Google Scholar.

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2015 Top Tools for Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

For me Twitter gives access to smart people who provide an enormous wealth of information and insight through their commentary and links to research, articles and other resources. Google Scholar: When I’m researching something, Google Scholar is the first port-of-call. LinkedIn does that job well.

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Learning Thursday #2: Project-Based Learning

Adobe Captivate

Google Scholar. The Google Scholar link will take you to a free PDF of the article.). In the 1980s and 1990s, education researchers increasingly realized that when students are bored and unengaged, they are less likely to learn (Blumenfeld et al., Project-based learning. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

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Learner Resources in the Digital Age

BrainCert

Research suggests that social media can help learners feel more engaged and connected to their peers and instructors, which can have a positive impact on their learning experience. Digital libraries, like Project Gutenberg and Google Books, have digitized vast collections of books and made them freely accessible to readers worldwide.

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1st update on 10 Tools Challenge 2013

Jane Hart

35- Google Chrome 65- Firefox and addons. 16- Google Reader. Search/Research. 4- Google Search 10- Wikipedia 52- Google Scholar 62- Bing. 38- Google Maps 51- SurveyMonkey 57- Google Translate. Web browsers. Social Media dashboards. 40- Tweetdeck 41- Hootsuite. RSS Readers .

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How humor helps + Powtoon review

Making Change

What research says about humor. I poked around Google Scholar and found studies that seem to agree that (relevant!) The article “How Laughing Leads to Learning” offers a readable summary of some research and makes several points that are relevant to corporate training.

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Taking Time to Learn with Alex Salas

TechSmith Camtasia

Alex explained to us the interesting research into the effect of learning on the brain. But Alex warns that one of the critical skills needed by anyone who is learning i s the ability to research properly. I follow Google Scholar, instead of doing a Google search. The neuroscience backs that up.” lb computer.