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4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know

LearnDash

Or do we just learn through raw mental power? During the twentieth century, four major learning theories emerged, and each has lessons that online educators can learn from to design better courses. Behaviorism: Learning is a product of stimulus and reinforcement. Let’s look at what they are.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Social Learning Theory

Gyrus

Learn the fundamentals of social learning theory, criticisms, and social work applications. Click to learn more! Find out how it can help your enterprise.

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A Dive into Adult Learning Theory

Lambda Solutions

To maximize the potential of this unique group, educators and trainers often turn to the realm of Adult Learning Theory. Adult learners, with their distinct characteristics and motivations, have reshaped the way we approach education.

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The student will become the master! But how? Adapting the Feynman 3-Step Mastery Technique to Online Learning

Association eLearning

As you can see, there are many ways to help your learners achieve mastery by incorporating the Feynman technique, so don’t be afraid to get creative with your course design if you’d like to give this learning theory a whirl. Want to continue the conversation? Post your questions and comments in the forum.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes. Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery.

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Final Quiz Passing Score: Is The 80% Written In Stone?

eLearning Industry

Is it something that learning specialists have arbitrarily chosen or does this magic number have any mooring in learning theory? Most of us set 80% as the passing score in eLearning courses. What is the rationale of this figure? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

So, without revealing too many details at this time, I’m super excited to say that the second edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook will contain nearly 3x more content than the first edition!