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How the 8 Effects of Arts Education Are Changing Online Pedagogy, Part 4

Kadenze

From ‘learning to improve your kissing technique’ to ‘learning to train your brain to be smarter’, as though all learning involves the architecture of human cognition in the same ways. Offline, deliberate practice exercises are filmed, then shared online and used for critique by individuals and groups.

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Connectivism and the modern learner

E-Learning Provocateur

So after several hours of unenlightened googling, I decided to bite the bullet, go back to first principles and read George Siemens’ seminal paper, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. According to Chaos Theory , everything is connected, as illustrated so eloquently by the Butterfly Effect.

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The role of an LMS in applying spaced repetition

Matrix

The algorithms the brain uses to make us remember something involve variables like time, sensitive triggers, neural connections, and a bunch of other things related to information, but the exact details are still to be filled in. Information or knowledge people store within their brains is lost over time if they make no effort to retain it.

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Is Having Fun in Higher Education the Way Forward?

KnowledgeOne

In an interview conducted by the TALON online teaching and learning network, Lisa Forbes and David Thomas discuss game pedagogy in higher education and online learning. Having approached the subject of play intellectually all these years, meeting Lisa Forbes challenged him to take his knowledge from theory to practice.

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Inspire to learn

Learning with e's

What theories could be used to explain these phenomena, and how can social/psychological models better our understanding of how people learn when their communication, relationships and learning are mediated through technology? What issues in HE teaching and learning are you passionate about? I'm passionate about sharing knowledge.

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8 Proven Tips for Optimal Learning

KnowledgeOne

“In 2005, Sergent, Baillet and Dehaene revealed the brain mechanisms involved in the attentional blink, a phenomenon — comparable to the blink of an eye — of temporary, unconscious and repetitive interruption of our attention. seconds for the brain to register and manipulate the sensory information needed to complete each task.”

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[IN DEPTH ANALYSIS] The 3 Speeds of Thought

KnowledgeOne

But from the strict point of view of the sciences that study how our box of thoughts works, we have a good idea of the answer… even if we still have a lot to learn about this fascinating organ that is our brain. Thus, although they can be acted upon after the fact, the brain cannot be prevented from producing them.