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Learning as dialogue

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Many of the earlier learning theories place the learner in splendid isolation. From the neo-behaviourist theories of Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, we were led to believe that learners respond to stimuli and make associations between the two, and that these links represent learning. Unported License.

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Help yourself

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This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy.

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Strictly for adults?

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This is number 23 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The last post featured David Kolb and his cyclical model of experiential learning. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3.

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Words in mind

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This is number 34 in my learning theories series. Psychologists and cognitive scientists have offered a number of useful theories that aid our understanding of learning. In this series I have been providing a brief overview of each theory, and how each can be applied in education. Unported License.

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Who's in charge?

Learning with e's

This is number 35 in my ongoing series on learning theories. In this series I have been providing a brief overview of each theory, and how each can be applied in education. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Unported License.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Memoirs of an "Instructional Designer"

Learning Visions

I have never taken a class in pedagogy. I have never taken a course in adult learning theory. I have learned everything I "know" about instructional design and teaching by doing. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

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Usually, the completion of a certain number of units allows individuals to remain licensed in their profession. A small unit of a larger piece of learning content is referred to as a chunk. Cognitive Load. A theory developed by John Sweller that describes the strain working memory experiences when information is being processed.