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Digital Learning from the Perspective of Affective and Social Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

Are you likely to interact with your computer as if you were social partners, as you would with your peers in a traditional classroom? In light of the latest findings in social and emotional neuroscience, it seems quite plausible. ” Emotional and social neuroscience on learning First, a word about neuroscience.

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10 eLearning buzzwords you need to know!

eFront

In this post we’ve put together short descriptions of the top 10 buzzwords in eLearning at the moment: Tin Can, Social Learning, Gamification, mLearning, Tablet learning, Rapid eLearning, Microlearning, Personalization, Blended learning, and Lifelong learning. Social Learning. Gamification. Personalization.

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3 Key Concepts That Will Help You Understand Learning in the Digital Age

SHIFT eLearning

Heutagogy , a concept developed in 2000 by Stewart Hase, refers to the study of self-determined learning. So far the most common is to offer extremely self-directed exercises and practices that promote critical thinking and active learning in more problem-focused, professional and experiential contexts. and Social Media.

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So many learning style tests, so little time.

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I thought a learning style test was a nice ramp up for an exercise where people had to blog about their own facilitator style - from the idea that it is good to know your own preferences and biases as a trainer/facilitator. From all impressions that people receive we can only process a small portion (2000 bits/sec).

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3 Ways to Attract and Engage Young Professionals

Abila

Also known as Gen Yers, Millennials were generally born between 1980 and 2000. Millennials have grown up with technology and are often referred to as digital natives with their dominance of social networks. Understand the purpose and objective of presenter exercises in advance and leverage the chat to engage with the virtual audience.

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Career Reflections: How Tom Peters Helped Me Re-Imagine My Career

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

I''ll kick off this little exercise with someone who isn''t in the eLearning industry, but who is a big fan of life long learning: Tom Peters. 2000 was a big year for everyone in technology.for obvious reasons. 2000 doesn''t seem that long ago but you''ve got to remember that the internet had only just begun getting interesting.

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Flipping Corporate Learning

Jay Cross

Engagement through exercises and assessments is a critical component of learning. These exercises are designed not just to evaluate the student’s learning, but also, more important, to enhance understanding by prompting recall and placing ideas in context. Watching passively is not enough. It didn’t work.