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Definition: Metacognition

Kapp Notes

Acquiring knowledge about how to think might well affect how one thinks which will affect how one performs on cognitive tasks (Brown & DeLoache, 1978) as written in the book Cognitive Processes by Bourne, Dominowski, Loftus and Healy, 1979) Metacognition is the state of being aware of one’s own thinking (Marzano et. 2002, December).

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Top 5 e-Learning books for beginners

eFront

The truth is that there are a lot of books for e-Learning professionals. The following list contains my Top 5 e-Learning books for beginners. The most of them are for professionals with experience in the e-Learning field but some of them are for beginners.

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Are we taking into account the culture surrounding our students?

Kapp Notes

We know from a variety of research (Delpit, 1995; Gay, 2000; Nieto, 2004: Villegas & Lucas, 2002) that successful schools place their students' cultures at the center of their missions and curriculum. Retrieved August 10, 2010 here. Affirming diversity: The sociopolitical context of multicultural education. New York: Longman.

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70-20-10: Origin, Research, Purpose

Performance Learning Productivity

He has been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010). As early as 2002 Jay was describing the unrelenting focus on formal learning in terms of the ‘Spending/Outcomes Paradox’.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Go Read a Book

Learning Visions

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 Go Read a Book How many books did you read in 2007 that were not work or school related? Craine ) Steven Johnson (Everything Bad is Good For You) (a book of which I read about half of in 2007) argues that games can make us smarter. Cammy, Yea books! The numbers were down at 46.7% How you read.

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Winter is here

Learning with e's

The sudden increase in births from 2002 onwards is largely responsible for this trend, and this was an expected rise. In 2016, the UK government confirmed that 30% of teachers who had joined the profession in 2010 had left within five years. Retention of teachers is also a problem according to the report. What can be done?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Essential Reading for Instructional Design?

Learning Visions

As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ? Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. Practical books with lots of real examples. Cammy, First Principles is a paper, not a book. Also, you can find the 4C/ID model (from von Merrienboers book) here.