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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities

Learning Visions

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises. Havent yet read that brain plasticity book , but its on my list.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Games for the Brain

Learning Visions

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Games for the Brain These brain games are from Phillip Lenssen, via Dean at my company who was thinking about how we could use brain teasers or games to get a learner prepped to learn. Use your brain game as a pre-question to focus the learner on the programs learning objectives.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: How Does Gender Matter in the e-Learning Brain?

Learning Visions

Friday, March 16, 2007 How Does Gender Matter in the e-Learning Brain? A post at the Eide Neurolearning blog on Gender Matters in the Learning Brain. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

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One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains.

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Theories for the digital age: Paragogy

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The user generated content currently available on the web has been criticised for its inconsistent quality (Carr, 2010) and its potential to encourage plagiarism, piracy and a host of other nefarious practices (Keen, 2007). 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. Unported License. Brabazon, T.

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Are we more intelligent?

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In his most recent edition, Keen turns his ire specifically onto user generated media such as blogs and YouTube (Keen, 2010). 2011) The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains. 2010) The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, Myspace, YouTube and the rest of today's user generated media are killing our culture and economy.

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Joining the dots

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Gestaltists believe that the human brain is capable of perceiving whole forms even though only partial component parts may have been seen. 2010) Psychology: the Science of Behaviour. Unported License. Gestalt is German for pattern or shape, and provides a useful explanation for visual perception. Further reading Carlson, N.