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In Defense of Science

Clark Quinn

I was trained as a scientist (though I’m more of an engineer, tracking it and applying it to solve real problems). If they’re steering you away from something that has been shown to be better than the alternative, you should be wary. For instance, our brains are wired to see patterns.

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Emergent & Semantic Learning

Clark Quinn

The last of the thoughts still percolating in my brain from #mlearncon finally emerged when I sat down to create a diagram to capture my thinking (one way I try to understand things is to write about them, but I also try to diagram them sometimes to help me map the emerging conceptual relationships into spatial relationships).

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How to create spaced repetition?

Ed App

You may come up with a different pattern, but a typical repletion schedule can look like this: • First day: Initial study session. This helps your brain to recall what was learned during the older sessions. The harder the human brain is challenged to remember past information, the better a person is able to recall it in the future.

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5 Ways to Look After Your Employees' Mental Health

Edume

Physical activity influences the release and of endorphins in the brain. Alternatively, you can head to YouTube for a myriad of DIY exercises , ranging from yoga to HIIT workouts. People may prefer to work at different hours, have different sleeping patterns, and generally work better under different conditions to others.

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Deeper eLearning Design: Part 2 – Practice Makes Perfect

Learnnovators

What makes learning stick is spacing out the practice so that there is time for the brain to rest and then get reactivated. At the neural level, what happens in learning is that links between neurons get strengthened to create patterns of activation. Provide challenging alternative choices based on common misconceptions.

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Keynote Resources from #LUC2017

Kapp Notes

Games accommodate failure with multiple lives, second chances and alternative methods of success. Research indicates that our brains grow when we make a mistake because it is a time of struggle. Our brains react with greater electrical activity when we make a mistake than when we are correct. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

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DEEPER ELEARNING DESIGN: PART 2 – PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Learnnovators

What makes learning stick is spacing out the practice so that there is time for the brain to rest and then get reactivated. At the neural level, what happens in learning is that links between neurons get strengthened to create patterns of activation. Provide challenging alternative choices based on common misconceptions.

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