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Online Learning and Self-Determination Theory

B Online Learning

Motivation is the energising force that initiates and sustains behaviour and is valuable because it produces results (Ryan and Deci, 2000). Extrinsic motivation on the other hand as defined by (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2000) is: a construct that pertains whenever an activity is done in order to attain some separable outcome.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with e's

Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). 2008) Does a community of learners foster self-regulated learning? 2000) Informal Workplace Learning. 2008) Self-Regulated Learning in Communities.

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Serendipitous revisiting

Clark Quinn

I talked about learning games from about 2002 on, and finally it went from ‘emerging technologies’ to mainstream in the program track around 2008. I’ve been talking about mobile since 2000, and finally have a book coming out in January. I wonder when mlearning will cross the chasm.

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Work in progress

Learning with e's

More importantly, such activities have been shown to be very beneficial for all those who participate to learn together (Wheeler et al, 2008). If there is a vertical, hierarchical division of labour, where some members of the community exert greater power over others or attempt to assume a higher status, conflict may result (Thorne, 2000).

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Humour and Learning in 3 Questions

KnowledgeOne

They reveal, among other things, that humour helps create an atmosphere conducive to learning, attracts the attention of learners, and stimulates their creativity and motivation (Foll, 2007; Garner, 2005; Guégan, 2008; Ziv, 1979; Rißland and Gruntz-Stoll, 2009). Humour can also help retain information ( Ziv, 1988 ).

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In Memory – Corporate Instructional Designers

eLearning 24-7

Let us take a trip back to the late 90s and 2000. Now, go back to the late 90s into the early 2000’s, with instructional designers developing WBT courses (Web-Based Training) and e-learning developers. The Depression of 2008-2012. To understand how the storm came about, we have to go back to the mid 2000’s.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

My two keynotes were conceived, written and presented over a decade ago in 2000, at a time when the Web was still in its infancy. 2008) Connecting distance learners and their mentors using blogs : The MentorBlog Project, Quarterly Review of Distance Education , 10(4), 3-17. Changing Times It is now time to take stock. London: Sage.

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