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How to stimulate engagement in elearning

KnowledgeOne

” In active engagement, the learner is an actor in their learning and mobilizes as many of their cognitive skills as possible. Action, trial and error and emotions therefore play important roles in learning,” explains cognitive development and learning specialist Olivier Houdé in his book L’école du cerveau.

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The Crucial Role of Emotions and “Skilled” Intuitions in Learning

KnowledgeOne

Such is the case with the role of emotions in cognition and learning and their interrelationship with rational thought. This new data is ready to take its place in the field, and researchers are making remarkable efforts to popularize it.

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3 Steps to Transition From Teacher to Trainer (and One Word of Caution)

Learningtogo

Now is a good time to review the differences between andragogy (adult learning) and pedagogy (teaching children) and learn some techniques to offer to those of us making the transition or supporting colleagues who are making the journey. As an adult, the sharp distinction some professionals make between andragogy and pedagogy trouble me.

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Online training in empathic mode

KnowledgeOne

Among its approaches, the pedagogy of empathy is one that can be implemented even in simplified elearning solutions. Empathy consists of two dimensions, one emotional and the other cognitive. The first refers to the ability to feel the emotional state of the other. Here is what this approach is all about!

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The Social Dimension of Learning: Test Your Knowledge!

KnowledgeOne

Are you familiar with empathy pedagogy and collaborative learning? Social presence refers mainly to having meaningful interactions with peers and the teacher. Professor and educational researcher Michael Eraut has identified four main types of activity that are most often the source of this form of learning in the workplace.

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Embracing Student Voice: The Role of Student-Centered Learning in Education Reform

Kitaboo

More effective pedagogical methods were adopted as researchers learned more about learning patterns, results, and human psychology. Student-centered learning is a term that could also be used for a specific philosophy in pedagogy that puts the needs of the student first, tailoring the instructional materials to them.

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Learning styles: Worth our time?

Making Change

If you had time to evaluate the research on learning styles, what would you conclude? Here’s what four cognitive psychologists concluded: “The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is, in our opinion, striking and disturbing.