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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom by Jon on March 21, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Where do the most innovate ideas in learning come from?

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5 eLearning Myths Debunked

eLearning Brothers

The last couple of years have brought on some significant changes in the world of training and learning. As the global learning landscape shifts from one of classroom lectures and workplace conferences to one that is more virtual, instructional designers are using the opportunity to create more innovative learning experiences.

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Random Thoughts on Passive Learning and Lectures

Kapp Notes

The study of 225 studies stated that undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures are 1.5 This was attributed to Eric Mazur, a physicist at Harvard University who has campaigned against stale lecturing techniques for 27 years and was not involved in the study indicated above.

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The Future of eLearning: How Gamification is Changing the Game

Kalisa Young

Are you tired of boring lectures and textbooks that don’t offer any real-world application? Overall, gamification in e-learning has the potential to enhance student engagement and motivation, but it is important for educators to carefully consider its implementation and evaluate its effectiveness.

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10 Reasons Every University Must Invest in Online Program Development

Hurix Digital

Review Lectures: According to psychologist Jonathan Schooler from University of California, in a classroom session of 45 minutes, students are likely to lose attention about 5 times, which means that they will miss out on vital points during a lecture. Again, students unable to attend the lecture can catch up with the class.

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or not to lecture

Learning with e's

In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? Worse still, they may decide not to attend lectures at all. There is no point simply talking at them for an hour.

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Change

Learning with e's

Mum and Dad's main remarks were around how the town had changed drastically since their last excursion (they don't get out much these days). For Mum and Dad, the changes have seemed sudden, mainly because they have not visited the city centre regularly in recent years. I got to thinking - perhaps it's a little like that in education.

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