Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2014

This is number 23 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The last post featured David Kolb and his cyclical model of experiential learning.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 1, 2014

This is number 11 in my series of short posts on learning theories. My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we continue to explore Festinger''s work, this time focusing on his theory of cognitive dissonance.

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Learning with e's

MAY 24, 2014

This is number 5 in my blog series on major learning theories. My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. This is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the original works.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 5, 2014

This is number 33 in my series on learning theories. Psychologists and cognitive scientists have offered a number of useful theories that aid our understanding of learning. In this series I''m providing a brief overview of the theories, and how each can be applied in education. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 22, 2014

After a break from blogging during the summer break, I''m back, and here is the continuation of my series on theories of learning, with number 25. You may recall that I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 17, 2014

This is number 16 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured the theory of Heutagogy by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon and its applications to education.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 6, 2016

I’ve been tinkering with it and, in the spirit of Virtual Reality Working Out Loud Week , I’ve decided to share with you what I’ve learned so far. I’ll also share my problems – and there are plenty of them – so if you can solve any for me I’d be grateful! 360° PHOTOS. Yet I struck more problems. THE DEVICE.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Hull''s Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 3, 2014

Here is number 13 in my series of short posts on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I examined Howard Gardner''s theory of multiple intelligences and its applications to education.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Theory vs. Application in Instructional Design: One Academics View A long time ago, I decided I was much better at the practical side of things than the theoretical. I did great in Calculus AB(?) Do I use ADDIE?

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2014

We reach double figures with number 10 in my series of short blog posts on learning theories. My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we explore the work of Leon Festinger , namely social comparison theory.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2014

A 3D Printed version of the Penrose Triangle This is number 14 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The theory There are essentially two main explanations of visual perception.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2013

When they enter into formal education, they enter into an artificial environment where learning is managed, directed and organised for them. As a response to the problems of learning in homogenised, regimented environments such as classrooms and lecture halls, Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) came into being.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Many scholars have researched the effects of games on learning, but perhaps one of the most prolific and profound games theorists is James Paul Gee. Gee provides several principles that together constitute a games based learning theory. More on Gee's learning principles can be found at this website. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

Image by Steve Wheeler This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. I'm working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Hull's Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

It covers a wide range of concepts such as games-based learning and future technology along with a serious critique of the current learning and education system, and how it can be improved. I think one of the biggest problems is that we get seduced by the ‘magical’ nature of technology when it’s first introduced.

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Appsembler

JANUARY 2, 2019

Kolb published his experiential learning theory. Kolb split the learning cycle into four stages, with a learner being able to enter the cycle at any one of the stages: Concrete learning. Photo credit: [link]. This concept dates back to 1984 when David A. Reflective observation. Abstract conceptualization.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

This can be a very powerful means of learning not only about the things you are fixing or modding , but also about the processes that underline them such as risk taking, discovery and problem solving. A specific theory of learning, Seymour Papert''s constuctionist learning theory , could be applied to explain this.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 24, 2009

Good elearning design is as much about visual communication as it instructional design and learning theory. When I learned video production years ago, we were always told that everything in the frame means something. The intern’s demo had some really nice use of photos to support the course. Graphics Don’t Match.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In my previous article , I proposed a Taxonomy of Learning Theories to organise a few of the myriad of theories into some semblance of order, and to assist instructional designers in using theory to inform their work. If you have your own theory-informed design tips, I’d love you to share them with me!

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Learning with e's

MAY 25, 2014

This is number 6 in my blog series on major learning theories. My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. In the last post we examined the work of Craik and Lockhart on Levels of Processing theory. Unported License.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 13, 2009

New Webinar: Overcoming the Top 10 Objections to Social Learning - Engaged Learning , April 3, 2009 photo credit: youngthousands ( WEBINAR REGISTRATION LINK ) This one is going to be good! (As I’m learning that my technical skills are important as learning moves to a web 2.0 As if the others have not been….)

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Making Sense Of The iPad For Online Learning - The eLearning Coach , February 8, 2010 The noise about the release of Apple’s iPad has been a bit overwhelming. No problem. In this article, I go one step further by listing specific, practical instructional design tips that are informed by those theories. But beware….

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Learnbrite

JULY 13, 2018

For employees, it improves job satisfaction, encourages self-development and develops problem solving skills. LearnBrite focuses on Experiential Learning: a fantastic theory that can create powerful results. The same problems exist for hiring actors.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 30, 2018

Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 10AM – 11AM PT: 5 Problems with Sharing Training Videos on YouTube You wouldn’t trust YouTube with a video that held your personal credit card information. The dreaded “problem children” start to emerge. You’ll learn: What problems can arise from sharing business video on free, consumer-oriented websites.

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eLearning Learning Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My e-Learning Don’ts - MinuteBio , August 8, 2010 Here is a list I compiled of things I think should NOT be done when designing e-learning courses. believe the following are counter to adult learning theory, sound e-learning design and they just down-right irk me. Photo credit: bookworm by Oo_Dee_oO.

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LifterLMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The best way to market to people is by helping them solve problems when they come to you in their time of need. YouTube is the second largest search engine online, so it is a place where a lot of people go to get answers to problems. And the reason why is because of course creators are solving problems.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 26, 2018

A Demo of the Panopto Video Learning Platform Video is a unique beast. It’s more engaging than a training manual, but sharing it on your LMS (or worse, on YouTube) can create problems. And it would be ideal for just-in-time learning, if only it could be effectively searched. Fail to adapt, and stagnation is soon to follow.

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