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Engaging online learners 1

Learning with e's

It relates to critical writing on wikis, but it can be applied to just about any collaborative online learning space: There is a spectrum of wiki activities that can be used to encourage critical thinking in writing. References Gunawardena, C. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166.

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Spaced Retrieval, Retrieval Practice, and Knowledge Guru: What Research Tells Us

Knowledge Guru

Importantly, the benefits of testing for learning were accompanied by reductions in test anxiety (possibly because students became accustomed to testing style or as a result of positive feedback from earlier tests) and subjective estimates of cognitive demand. References cited. [1] 1] Larsen DP, Butler AC, Roediger HL 3rd. 5] Kapp, K.

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Product Reviews – Lucy.ai, and Cognota

eLearning 24-7

Ever tried to read a scientific journal? The Takeaways Cognota – which is learning operations, I found had some items that to me, and then that I found, were missing. This is far different than what you think of with a learning system, however it does slide in there. Feedback as they refer to it, I prefer “Educate.”

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A.I., XR, Digital Twin – Which will drive Learning Technology?

eLearning 24-7

Learning system vendors didn’t incorporate Mosaic, but with the Internet (again with websites, for it somewhat existed prior to 1994-95, sans the websites), systems in the cloud could appear (we didn’t call it in the “cloud”, many of us referred to it as on the vendor’s servers). Generative A.I.

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Learning with 'e's: Mashing it up

Learning with e's

Earlier today I was invited by my good friend Maged Kamel Boulos to write a paper on educational mashups for inclusion in a special issue of Future Internet - an online open access journal, which he is guest editing. Wiki Blog Space Mashups: Combining Web 2.0 tools are mashed up within the same space. References Kop, R.

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Keynote Resources from #LUC2017

Kapp Notes

Cramming: Cramming is actually not a good learning technique. Instead, you want to spread out the learning. There are two powerful mechanisms that are better than cramming for helping facilitate learning : spaced retrieval and retrieval practice. REFERENCES: (Challenge) Jones, B., Storytelling) Carey, B.

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Libraries without walls

Learning with e's

Wikipedia is good as a starting point, but students need to be aware that there is more in-depth knowledge available elsewhere in journals and books. As a study space, the Plymouth University library is a busier physical space than it has ever been, despite the reduction of physical content on shelves.

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