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

Dashe & Thomson

For example, Harvard professor Andrew McAfee sums up the Strength of Weak Ties theory nicely, describing how acquaintances with whom we are less familiar are more likely to tell us things we don’t already know: … People we don’t know all that well are hugely valuable in our work. The clustering of employee groups was not the surprising thing.

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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. So, it can also be effective to prompt learners to relate information to other personal experiences; the idea is to prime the schema for new content.

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5 common eLearning assessment mistakes (and how to fix them)

BrightCarbon

2005) gathered and analysed data from lots of other studies from an 80-year period up to 2005. To learn how to use scenarios well and how to design them in Articulate Rise and Articulate Storyline, make sure you check out Part 3 and Part 4 of our Designing effective eLearning assessments series. than questions with 4 options.

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Training: Spaced Learning

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

amount of information you'd like to teach quickly and effectively?     In an article first reported in Scientific American in 2005 , R. Douglas This learning theory doesn't give specifics on how long is too. According to the Spaced Learning theory, information moves into long-term memory.

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Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points

Learning Visions

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2005). If you’ve ready any of Ruth Clark’s or Richard Mayer’s books you’ll find yourself in familiar territory: “…writing out the text of your presentation on your slides and then reading it to your audience contradicts the widely accepted theory of dual channels.

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Can you explain the “Fiscal Cliff Crisis” to an Eight-year old?

Vignettes Learning

So, what learning modality could be more effective in teaching lessons on finance and money matters? The study examines the effectiveness of storytelling as a way to heighten student recollection. Storytelling has the power to foster inclusivity because it engages the imagination and emotions (Hilder (2005)). Try storytelling.

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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.