Origin Learning
MARCH 31, 2015
What is the Situated Learning Theory? Situated learning, simply put, is learning that takes place in the same context in which it is applied. This is because in the former case, the learner directly sees the benefits (when he achieves success) and outcomes (when he makes a mistake)of his learning process.
Dashe & Thomson
MAY 11, 2011
The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. The real discovery came when they posed problems for various employees to solve. They found that the employees near the edge of a cluster were more effective at problem-solving than those in the middle of a cluster. Properly d.
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Dashe & Thomson
MARCH 25, 2011
The problem, though, is that many primary schools are still geared to teach in ways that would be more or less recognizable to students from thirty years ago. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!
Dashe & Thomson
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Medical students and residents regularly learn new skills by first observing a procedure, then practicing the procedure under supervision, and finally teaching, or modeling, the procedure for another. Shoving the med student into a room with a patient and basket of supplies and leaving them to learn by trial and error sounds much worse to me.
Dashe & Thomson
APRIL 28, 2011
They might even jot down a few notes that you can reference the next time you troubleshoot that widget problem. So, here’s my leap from that “over-the-partition” informal learning scenario to how social media can support social learning: YouTube (in other words, video learning). Download the whitepaper » Blog this!
Dashe & Thomson
MAY 18, 2011
Navy’s new plan to crowd-source the Somali piracy problem may be even more revolutionary. Navy intends to sit back and watch what unfolds, taking advantage of thousands of minds to generate innovative approaches to a real-world problem. As innovative as VBS 2 may be, the U.S. Essentially, the U.S. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!
Dashe & Thomson
MARCH 21, 2011
And what used to be homework [solving problems] is now done in the classroom.” What happens in class is interactive problem solving – which means, in effect, that the “teachers have used technology to humanize the classroom,” he says. Khan discusses this whole phenomenon in this 20-minute TED talk. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!
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