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Evaluating Your eLearning

eFront

Similarly, research in game studies has generally focused upon approaches based upon playing leisure games, and therefore do not take enough account of factors including the context, learning theory and practice and the attributes of the learner and learner group.” (de de Freitas & Oliver 2006, p.262).

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Learning Styles and E-Learning

eLearning 24-7

This post is going to be somewhat different than in the past, specifically a result of the argument of the effectiveness of learning styles and if they even exist. No one mentioned e-learning which was part of the reference, specifically related to retention. Quality e-learning is interactive and engaging.

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Heutagogy, Self-Directed Learning and Complex Work

ID Reflections

Andragogy stepped in to rectify this and foster awareness about how adults learned. While the principles of Andragogy clearly stated what it takes to motivate adults to learn, the role of a teacher / the expert remained undisputed. Then came Heutagogy advocating principles of self-determined learning. “A

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Micro-Worlds, Micro-life Learning: The Big Phenomenon, (But Small) Social Networking

Vignettes Learning

I keep on going back to the same thesis which I started studying a few years back: "all learnings are micro."(See" See" 3-Minutee-Learning "2006) I am beginning to see correlations and movements of events that lead me to conclude and see even clearer what Chris Anderson talks about in "The Long Tail" and applied in the learning world.

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5 TED Talks (and Big Questions) for Adult Learning Professional

eLearning Alchemy

Most of these TED Talks aren’t new; however, as an adult learning professional you may have skipped them or not considered them too deeply. It’s a curious conundrum then that a lot of what we’re finding creates the best learning experiences for children is to treat them like adults. Learning is ugly.

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MOOCs in the Workplace and Heutagogy

ID Reflections

which while not as far reaching as MOOCs, further stretches the boundaries of online learning. MOOCs--for all the debate, angst and confusion surrounding them--have changed the face of online education and learning for good. But does that mean I have not learned? We can love it or hate it, but we can’t ignore it. Of course not!

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How Microlearning Impacts Coaching and Behavior Change - Tip #149

Vignettes Learning

I haven’t yet learned to carry a bag. Dr. Edward Miller , CEO of John Hopkins Hospital from 1997 to 2012, shared in 2006 how “90% of all the people who have had heart bypass surgery and or an angioplasty within two years of their surgery have gone back to the exact same lifestyle they had before the surgery.” I still forget.