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How our learning theories shape how we use technology for learning

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I read a paper called Perspectives on learning and technology: A review of theoretical perspectives "This paper provides a review of literature pertaining to theoretical references on educational practice and technology from perspectives of learning theories of the 20th and 21st centuries."

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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

eLearning -Also referred to as internet-based learning, web-based learning, and online learning is any training or education delivered via computer. Digitec, Instructional Designer, Jennifer Ritter wrote a blog about this recently explaining, “I now realize that I was raised with game-based learning.

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Adult learning shminciples

E-Learning Provocateur

Malcolm Knowles is widely regarded as the father of adult learning. Since the 1960s, he articulated a distinction between pedagogy (the teaching of children) and andragogy (the teaching of adults). To be fair, Knowles evolved his of views of pedagogy and andragogy. In a nutshell, andragogy boils down to 5 key assumptions: 1.

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Brain Learning and eLearning Design

The Learning Circuits

But even with all of that discussion there's a question of whether people are really making changes to the design of their online learning. So the July Question is: Does the discussion of "how the brain learns" impact your eLearning design? So, it should look like: Tony Karrer - e-Learning 2.0

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Making Connections: Trends in Social Learning

Obsidian Learning

As mobile technology advances, learning has moved from the classroom and the desktop computer, to the world. And just as technology has advanced, learning theory has advanced. So, where are we going with learning theory in the 21st century? Connectivism and Social Learning. Here are some possibilities.

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10 Benefits of Outsourcing Instructional Design for eLearning Programs

WBT Systems

Yet, many associations continue to have staff and volunteer subject matter experts (SMEs) design and develop online learning programs because that’s been the default mode of operation. To provide a more engaging and effective learning experience for your online students, consider outsourcing instructional design.

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A learning experience isn’t just the content

Learning Pool

As we worked to uncover the origins of the move towards learning experience design, it became clear that it was also a move away from a reductive, content-based idea of digital learning. An idea which meant that ‘learning design’ had come to mean, almost always, design of a piece of learning content.

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