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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

If we separate the human aspect of social networking from the technology, we can learn a lot more about the power of networks – not just from today’s pundits, but from many years of sociological research on the topic. After reading this, I started thinking about this new LinkedIn utility I recently installed.

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Designing eLearning for Schema Theory

Integrated Learnings

This is schema theory. Part of the foundation of learning psychology , schema theory suggests that memory consists of interrelated networks of knowledge, or mental models. The key is to help learners conjure up an existing mental model, so that it’s easily accessible for integrating the new knowledge they’re about to learn.

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Training: Spaced Learning

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

amount of information you'd like to teach quickly and effectively? information over a short amount of time, one learning method suggests.     In an article first reported in Scientific American in 2005 , R. Douglas This learning theory doesn't give specifics on how long is too.

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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Last week, we had an awesome virtual class on how to implement an effective gamification strategy within a corporate learning environment! 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.

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Double win for Learning Pool in Learning Technologies Awards 2019

Learning Pool

The Learning Technologies Awards is an international scheme which has been rewarding learning technologies excellence since 2005. Independently judged, the awards showcase some of the most recognizable, memorable, and life-changing learning technologies and elearning worldwide.

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Resources from my presentation at Innovations in e-learning Symposium

Kapp Notes

It is better to have one “expert” avatar and another “motivational” avatar in a learning environment rather than having one combined “mentor” avatar. Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. & Kim, Y.

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Resources from CSTD Webinar

Kapp Notes

It is better to have one “expert” avatar and another “motivational” avatar in a learning environment rather than having one combined “mentor” avatar. Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. & Kim, Y.