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Unravelling The Relevance Of Social Cognitive Theory in Online Learning

ProProfs

This leads us to the theory by psychologist Albert Bandura known as the ‘Social Cognitive Theory’. What is Social Cognitive Theory? It states thatan individual acquires a considerable chunk of knowledge by simply observing others in regard to social interactions, experiences etc. Does your elearning tool support social learning?

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Solving Cognitive Overload with Point of Need Tools

Saffron Interactive

Why are workers struggling with cognitive overload? Let’s start with the background of why cognitive overload has crept up on us. What is needed is a training and knowledge management system that is in the background, available on-demand, and personalised. It’s not about time, it’s about cognitive overload.

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Tips for Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Activate prior knowledge. Manage cognitive load. Stories help us activate prior knowledge, minimize cognitive load so more brain power focused on learning transfer. What do you want to change? Psychological Learning Process. Make things stick. Support attention. Promote rehearsal and encoding. Practice retrieval.

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70:20:10 and the Learning Curve

Clark Quinn

However, I was reminded of Fits & Posner’s model of skill acquisition, which has 3 phases of cognitive, associative, and autonomous learning. The first, cognitive, is when you benefit from formal instruction: giving you models and practice opportunities to map actions to an explicit framework.

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How to make the most out of a conference

E-Learning Provocateur

When I was invited to kick off last week’s AITD National Conference by hosting a breakfast session about Personal Knowledge Management, the last thing I wanted to do was deliver a traditional presentation. The fire hydrant of ideas is too much for the human brain to handle, so you need to distribute your cognition.

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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IS A SIMPLE PROCESS ONCE THE RHETORIC IS REMOVED

Wonderful Brain

The benefits of knowledge management (KM) are a monster value-add to any organization. A Flash History of Knowledge Management. Then each would become a teacher and spread knowledge throughout the empire. What is Knowledge Management. Explicit knowledge is what counts in knowledge management.

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Learning Quotient?

Clark Quinn

I had the good fortune to be invited to the Future of Work event that was held here in Silicon Valley two weeks ago, and there were four breakouts, one of which was on learning and knowledge management. You can guess which one I was on (though tempted by the leadership and culture one; there was overlap).

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