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6 Strategies for Effective Online Learning: Spaced Practice

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6 Strategies for Effective Online Learning: Spaced Practice Online courses are gaining in popularity—and for a good reason. If done right, an online course can produce excellent results by improving your performance while being considerably cheaper than a traditional in-person class.

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More fabulous learning spaces

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It's often the simple things that improve the learning environment, and as Stephen Heppell says, better school toilets = better results. Last year I wrote about some fabulous learning spaces I had seen while visiting schools in New Zealand. Conducting classes in this way drives the session forward with fewer stops and starts.

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Space invaders

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Over the years I’m sure we’ve all encountered phrases such as distributed learning , spaced repetition , retrieval practice and variations thereof; but it has become apparent to me that many of us conflate these terms. And when I say “thinking about”, I mean getting thoroughly confused.

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Fabulous learning spaces

Learning with e's

I have been keenly interested in the design of learning spaces for some time. With an under-building car park, and serene woodland surroundings, it is in an ideal position to provide high class education for young minds. Gone is the silo mentality of 'Now you are in a science class'. Unported License.

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Creating Learning Spaces in Second Life

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This morning I received an email message from, Fiona, who provided me with a really interesting link to 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life. Blogs and Websites --Turn to these blogs for tips, services and tools when setting up a learning space in Second Life.

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The Best Companies to Work With For Education E-Learning

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With audience analysis, you can learn more about people’s reasons and behavior in different situations. This can help you better understand what tactics to use for classes. You can then determine what factors affect and motivate students to participate in different online classes.

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Learning in 3D Summer 2009: Class One

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Getting the class together in SL. Recently, we had our first summer class of the course "Learning in 3D," the class focuses on how to create 3D learning spaces and how to use those spaces effectively to promote learning and to leverage the wonderful attributes of 3D.

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