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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Last week, we had an awesome virtual class on how to implement an effective gamification strategy within a corporate learning environment! In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment.

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Learning Thursday #1: Mobile Technologies in Education

Adobe Captivate

Google Scholar. The Google Scholar link will take you to JSTOR, where you can read this article for free.). Can you think of an environment other than a museum where this sort of learning experience would be effective? Sharples, M., Lonsdale, P., Rudman, P., & Meek, J. Educational Technology, 47 (3), 33–37.

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How humor helps + Powtoon review

Making Change

I poked around Google Scholar and found studies that seem to agree that (relevant!) My main takeaways from the article: Humor appears to reduce anxiety by decreasing the effects of stress hormones. What research says about humor. humor in teaching can increase retention, motivation, and comprehension.

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Taking Time to Learn with Alex Salas

TechSmith Camtasia

Alex explained to us the interesting research into the effect of learning on the brain. I follow Google Scholar, instead of doing a Google search. Because with Google you get you anybody and their mother. Go to google scholar and you’re going to get academic papers.”. The neuroscience backs that up.”

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Recommended Reading Summary: A Chapter of “Emerging Technologies for the Classroom”

Adobe Captivate

Google Scholar features most of the chapter for free. Establishing a level of trust within a social group can make the learning process more effective. The school culture must be accepting of collaboration and group activities in order for social media usage to be effective. Below is this month’s chapter summary.

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Instructional Design Tools to Adopt in 2022

Maestro

We’ve had great success using one of the best free tools for instructional designers : Google’s content-creation applications. With Docs , we leverage a cloud-based word processor as instructional design software using a simple but effective storyboard template. Citation helps. Diagnostic tools.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with e's

Using Google Scholar and our own networks, we identified and invited the “grandest of the grand gurus” who have researched and published in each of these areas and invited them to summarize that issue, identify theories and practices related to that issue and suggest further research.

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