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Self fulfilling prophecies

Learning with e's

My most recent post featured locus of control theory, and today's post is about the Pygmalion Effect in education. As with all posts, this is a brief overview and a personal perspective on the application of the theory in practice. It is possible that this effect also extends to students in higher and further education.

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Four Ways to Rethink Employee On-Boarding

Mindflash

So ultimately, L&D pros are in a unique position to make a direct and measurable impact on employee retention and performance by rethinking the on-boarding process. Studies have shown that employees who are effectively socialized are more likely to stay with the organization and perform at a high level. Role clarity.

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Design for life

Learning with e's

It can also be present in the design of the objects you use to perform the skill. How it can be applied in education As Norman suggests, when information to perform a task is present within the design of an object, the need to learn it is reduced. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Lave Situated Learning 25.

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E-Learning 101: Straightforward Answers to Fundamental Questions

ATD Learning Technologies

Some LMSs offer advanced features that support performance management and social learning opportunities. Section 508 of the Workforce Rehabilitation Act requires that electronic communication for the federal government be accessible to individuals with disabilities who use assistive technology, such as a person using a screen reader.

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Five tools for global educators

Learning with e's

In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. We are connected educators, linked in to a number of powerful global communities of practice, and we have access to resources, dialogue and audiences we would not enjoy in a traditional learning and teaching role.

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Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing

Learning with e's

Some museums already use RFID technology to tag and GPS locate valuable exhibits for security purposes and the technology has proved quite effective. The longer the child stands holding up the device, the more information will be sent. The system is context aware. We could also track students on a campus more easily using pervasive computing.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Strategy" Fails Corollary: if you have SharePoint installed, you will be using SharePoint a lot more this year. Twitter, Yammer), wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc.