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Monday, August 30, 2010
learned that working with glass requires an eye for the artistic and a concern for the technical. Many businesses over the last decade have utilized e-learning as a means to cut costs of travel and this factor also feeds into a systems-based approach to instructional design. Like glassblowing, instructional design is systematic. 1990).
 
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Like in CCK08, I was approaching the topic more from the tools and implementation perspective while the CritLit group focused on what builds the capacity of the learner to perform as a learner in a networked learning environment. Filed under: elearning 2.0 , Innovations , Instructional Design , Learning Theory.
 
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Last week, I announced an upcoming conference in Banff on Learning Analytics ( call for papers can be found here). We have also set up a Google Group for discussions about learning analytics and the conference. What are Learning Analytics? What does this look like? To date, online identity and profiles are a mess.
 

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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? Schema theories  .
As you will know if you read yesterday's post, the proliferation of learning theories over the last century or so has led to a broad range of philosophies and ideas for learning professionals to. The E-learning Curve blog shares thought-provoking commentary and practical knowledge for e-learning professionals.
On the one side are the learning and development romantics, all voodoo and crystals, holding firm to their pseudo-psychological beliefs. No-one doubts that learners differ in terms of personality and preferences, but whether these can be usefully categorised as learning styles is highly debatable and certainly unproven.
Cognitive learning theory focuses on  learning with understanding (as opposed to memorizing fact) by teaching the underlying concepts and meanings–and thereby increasing the depth of processing. Learning with understanding means we understand the underlying core concepts, the meaning behind the facts. 2000). 2000).
Transfer of learning is the goal of all training and learning interventions. We know that the often the learning context is different from the context of real-life application. However, the training objective is not achieved until the learning transfers from one to context to another. Interesting.
In turn, teachers enthusiastically transformed themselves into facilitators , guiding and coaching the participants to inquire, explore, discover and even generate new learnings. Yes, workplace learning has thankfully become more constructivist and even connectivist over time, but we all know that instructivism is still alive and well.
In reading through George Siemens response to Bijdrage van Pløn Verhagen's critique i am trying to establish in my own mind the legitimacy of connectivism as a new learning theory. It is the second point that i think i can start an argument in favour of connectivism as a learning theory. This conversation, in the web 2.0
Workplace Learning: Theory in Practice is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog. schemata corporate learning environment double-loop learning knowledge worker organizational learning reflection on action reflection-in-action Schon single-loop learning workplace learning
Andrew Churches is curriculum manager of computer studies and teaching and Learning technologies at the Kristin school in Albany Auckland, New Zeeland. What makes his wiki so interesting is that it focuses on the core of TELearning, the learning itself. mobile learning eLearning concerns So where does Andrew’s wiki come in?
Do people learn from them? Have you learned anything from the books you’ve read? I’ve learned from all of these different types of books, and I’ll go out on a limb here and say that you have, too. Did that mean I didn’t learn something? learned anyway. We make them available because we can.