Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is number 31 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. My last post explored Donald Norman''s ideas around perception and the design of every day objects. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

Elements are often separated by boundaries, and these must be transgressed if blends are to be effected. However, these may be complexities that matter more in theory than in practice. Such complexities are generally only problematic for academics, course designers and teachers. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This allows the learner to be more flexible in her understanding of the material, so that she can effectively apply it to concepts in the real world (knowledge transfer). What Is Instructional Design? #2 Makes sense.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Another take on Cognitive Load Theory The authors of the Eide Neurolearning Blog weigh in on recent research and articles on cognitive load (including the death of Powerpoint that have been talked about here ).

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

This is number 17 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 my most recent post I featured Hull''s Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2014

Over the years, many psychologists have investigated the nature of memory, and have formulated a number of theories about its functionality, scope and challenges. Dual Coding Model Canadian cognitive psychologist Allan Paivio will probably be remember most for his work on Dual Coding Theory.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is number 36 in my continuing series of blog posts about learning theories. Psychology has contributed much to our understanding of how people learn, and listed alphabetically below are all of the previous theories I have featured in this series. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 23, 2015

As a result, there are many educational approaches, a myriad of theories and a bewildering number of perspectives. Social constructivist theory clearly derived from this set of tenets. Aristolean realist theory became the basis for behaviourist beliefs that content was central to education, under the control of experts.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2019

Notwithstanding the student attention issues, I explained that video can be at its most effective when it is used in short bursts as a stimulus to enrich and extend learning, to promote discussion, encourage collaboration and to challenge students' thinking - but definitely not as a replacement for the teacher. Cognitive Science 12, 257-285.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 30, 2009 Do Instructional Design Degrees Get "Wasted"? In my recent post Instructional Design - Whats in a Name? Is the degreed-ID the department manager and not doing any actual design work?

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Implementing an LMS as part of a holistic learning environment gives the end user flexibility and control to move in various paths (driven by learning needs, not by LMS design). Current LMS interface design relies too heavily on "what do the designers/administrators want/need to do").

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. As a practical person, I tend to avoid theory. But in my quest for an informal M.Ed, Ive got to get into theory a bit, right? 236) Navigation isnt really about "learning styles" per se, but it is clearly about program design.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

Image by Steve Wheeler This is number 17 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 my most recent post I featured Hull's Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

For a start, there are an impressive array of transferrable skills to be acquired, especially if the games played are designed effectively. Many scholars have researched the effects of games on learning, but perhaps one of the most prolific and profound games theorists is James Paul Gee. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2012

When people talked about ‘smart phones’ they were referring to the design and appearance of the device, not its capability. So for example, if a blog constantly publishes good content, the theory is that people will keep coming back to read more. The reasoning behind the Gates statement is that content is what drives the web.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 05, 2007 More on PowerPoint and Instructional Design Continuing the PowerPoint conversation begun yesterday here and picked up by Clive on Learning: Dont blame PowerPoint.and Quintus Joubert PowerPoint vs. Interactive Learning.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Effective design using PPT as a tool. “Effective design is done when there’s nothing left to take out.&# [not that you’ve found a way to put more stuff in.] It’s about design, not software!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, August 20, 2007 Getting Started in Instructional Design Many readers find their way to this blog because they are interested in learning more about instructional design. My learning has all been completely informal.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Join Kineos Mark Harrison for a free webinar on webinars: Building effective content for your online sessions. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, November 02, 2007 Instructional Designers: Do You Have a Degree in ID? In the UK, according to Clive, virtually no one has a degree in Instructional Design. Come on, guys!) Perhaps thats where I belong.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 19, 2009 Instructional Design: Whats in a name? I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. Koreen Olbrish asks "Is Instructional Design Dead?"

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Sunday, August 23, 2009 Kineo Webinar: Compliance Training Case Study Kineo will be holding a free webinar on developing cost-effective compliance training on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Join Kineo and Mary K. Schottmiller J.D,

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, July 13, 2009 Kineo Product Knowledge E-Learning Webinar Kineo will be holding a free webinar on creating effective product knowledge e-learning on July 16th, 2009. Seats are filling up fast so be sure to sign up!] Take the Survey!

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. One of the constraints of the lecture theatre is its design. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? kind of instruction can work at a superficial level.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thats the kind of theory I can sink my fingers into. Dr. Thalheimer talked about ways hes been trying to make smile sheets more effective so that they can be used to tell us something valuable about the learning experience.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. The article cites new research from the University of New South Wales (home of John Sweller, "founding father" of Cognitive Load Theory). It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. Information presentation is sufficient as a training design.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. As I sift through this weeks reading assignments, Im trying to pick out how this learning theory effects my work as a creator (an instructional designer) of self-paced eLearning experiences for the corporate market.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, March 15, 2007 Learning Mate Demo Im in search of good examples of cheap but effective e-Learning in the vein of the 21st century designer (web 2.0, What Is Instructional Design? #2 ils, etc.). Take the Survey!

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Learnnovators

JUNE 1, 2015

Coping with content and lots of information is a part of seamless learning because the capacity to do so affects effective learning.”. In this post, I will focus on some of the design considerations and organizational requirement in building and launching a MOOC. Workplace and on-the-job training. Brand marketing.

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Clives 30-Minute Masters Wiki got a nice plug -- "Create a way to help your SME learn more about building effective e-learning courses. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Technology needs relevant pedagogical actions to be wholly effective. It's clear to me, watching the development of technology from my early days in the 1970s, it has developed from a set of tools that were designed to support the teacher, to a range of tools that enable everyone to learn. Users multiplied as the word got around.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 10, 2007 Learning Styles In 1996, when I first started working as an "instructional designer", I was taught about learning styles. We used a different approach: The Playground Theory of Learning developed by Shelly Loewen.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. " This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Ive also tried to argue with clients about what makes effective learning. What Is Instructional Design? #2 Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Here are a few highlights: Sustaining Performance in Rapid e-Learning includes some great tips and ideas for how to create effective follow-up activities to ensure knowledge transfer on the job. This months newsletter is no exception.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 2, 2015

Carr''s book develops this argument a little further by arguing that the things we do on the Internet have a physical effect on our brains. This is indeed a principle of connectivist theory , which argues that through the use of technology, knowing where to find knowledge when one requires has equal potency to actually ''knowing''.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. A 26-minute presentation with just the right mix of theory, practical information and humor. Well designed training should include performance support. Spacing Effect -- space our learning over time. Take the Survey!

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