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Taxonomy of Learning Theories

E-Learning Provocateur

Academia is teeming with learning theories. It can be quite a challenge for the modern learning professional to identify an appropriate learning theory, draw practical ideas from it, and apply it to their daily work. Which theory do you choose? How does it relate to other theories? Where do you start?

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Create your own Learning Theory

Raptivity

Wikipedia defines Learning Theory as “Learning theories are conceptual frameworks that describe how information is absorbed, processed, and retained during learning.

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Cognitive Learning: How to Use It, Benefits and Examples

Academy of Mine

Cognitive Learning Theory is a useful theory for looking at education in a modern way, which focuses not just on the student’s ability to repeat the information they have been taught, but instead asks why and how a student was able to learn, and what their innate mental processes and previous life experiences had to do with that learning.

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What Opportunities are there for Instructional Designers  &  Developers?

Adobe Captivate

But over time it is best to have a firm knowledge of all the areas of eLearning as either way you will have to deal with stakeholders within the company or organisation. A passion for helping others to learn (a must have). Knowledge of how students, employees and adults learn. Sociocultural Learning Theory.

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Cognitive Learning: How to Use It, Benefits and Examples

Academy of Mine

The problem with this style of learning is that it sometimes results in learners memorizing answers solely to complete a course. With this approach, once a course is completed, the majority of information and knowledge is usually forgotten. What is Cognitive Learning Theory?

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ID and eLearning Links 4/16/19

Experiencing eLearning

The links and resources in this post include collections of research, specific research on retrieval practice, an overview of learning theories, H5P’s new branching scenario option, and a widget for changing the colors in the Storyline modern player. Learning Science and Research. tags: research learning.

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2010: My blogging year recapped

E-Learning Provocateur

Learning theory & instructional design. • Taxonomy of Learning Theories. • Theory-informed instructional design tips. • The two faces of blended learning. Knowledge management. • Greetings from the E-Learning Provocateur. • Style counsel. Government 2.0.

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