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#TwistedTropes 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy

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Photo from Wikimedia Commons Everything was awkward about the famous psychologist Abraham Maslow. As a young man, Maslow had very few friends, so he made books his companions, married one of his cousins by accident, and then spent the rest of his life trying to discover the meaning of life. Fermat's dodgy last theorem 18.

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#LearningIs social

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Humans are inherently social. Most of our learning is achieved within social contexts. Even when we are on our own, much of our learning through resources such as books and videos is mediated socially - there is another mind behind the resource. We want to be accepted by others. Yet it is essential if we wish to belong.

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Can learning theories lead to better elearning content? 

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We all have 5 basic needs, as per Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. As per Constructivism, people create their knowledge depending on their experiences, which act as a foundation. It’s because their prior knowledge determines how they perceive any new knowledge. Constructivism. Learning happens when people connect.

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Is AI taking over jobs? It’s time to create more meaningful careers

TalentLMS

It aligns with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, where the pursuit of personal growth and fulfillment is at the pinnacle of human needs. For instance, improving society, advancing knowledge, or creating something of value. Connect work to social impact Help people feel their work is meaningful by showing them the bigger picture.

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The importance of continuous learning in elearning content

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Dating back as early as 470 BC, the desire for knowledge has been recognised as one of the most important virtues in life. Continuous learning is the inherent need to constantly expand one’s knowledge – to grow and develop our skills – whether it be interpersonal, work-related or otherwise. Maslow, A.

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The point of no return

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The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs Photo by Sid Mosdell on Flickr The point of no return by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Our mutual friends

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It fascinated social psychologist Stanley Milgram. So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Who we know and who they know, he believed, define our social structure.