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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

It’s in your mind One of the pioneers of adult learning theory, Malcom Knowles , explored the role of adult education and facilitation (andragogy) versus the traditional style of teaching children (pedagogy). So how do you keep it real? Move from being a teacher to facilitator. Properly d.

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The intersectionality of impression management and organizational learner presence

CLO Magazine

companies spending more than $100 billion annually to train their workers , knowledge of organizational learner behavior and organizational learner presence theory is valuable in industry and academia. The $100 billion spent by companies on workforce training is divided among three categories. Theoretical underpinnings.

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Adult learning shminciples

E-Learning Provocateur

Malcolm Knowles is widely regarded as the father of adult learning. Since the 1960s, he articulated a distinction between pedagogy (the teaching of children) and andragogy (the teaching of adults). “I’ve only been with the company for a few weeks. To be fair, Knowles evolved his of views of pedagogy and andragogy.

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Connectivism and the modern learner

E-Learning Provocateur

So after several hours of unenlightened googling, I decided to bite the bullet, go back to first principles and read George Siemens’ seminal paper, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Learning in the digital age. Siemens bills connectivism as “a learning theory for the digital age&#.

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ROI of continuous training: HR Directors’ unsolvable problem?

Coorpacademy

’ The HR Director : ‘ In order to improve the return on investment of continuous training I can use digital learning tools. It’ll allow me to deploy our training content to the whole company very quickly, and to reduce face-to-face training times. At last, pedagogy need to stay at the heart of the learning system.

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Contextualized Learning: Teaching made highly effective!

eFront

This realization is grounded in constructionist learning theory, which holds that people learn better when encouraged to construct relevance between the instructions they receive , and interpretations of those instructions within the context of their own environments. Why use a contextual learning approach?

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E-Learning Design Part 6: CDSM’s Active Learning Model™

CDSM

Throughout this series on e-learning design , we have looked at some of the learning theories that help to form the method and practice behind our award-winning e-learning. This is known as our ‘ pedagogy ’. What is CDSM’s Active Learning Model™? CDSM is a commercial e-learning company.