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Can learning theories lead to better elearning content? 

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She gives positive feedback to those students who don’t interrupt when she is delivering a lecture. We all have 5 basic needs, as per Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Hence, in such classrooms, the teachers/instructors must try to understand what the employees are aware of before they begin their lectures. Connectivism.

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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

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Actually, all of these questions are boring, because the comet is akin to certain lessons in school and university, where the teachers/lecturers annually repeat themselves word for word, or worse, simply read out the text from their boring slides. Maslow's awkward hierarchy 25. That would certainly be more interesting.

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#TwistedTrope 23: Dale's crappy cone

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claims that we only remember 10 percent of what we learn in lectures, 20 percent of what we hear, and 30 percent of what we see, and so on - but ultimately, we remember 90 percent of what we teach to others. Next time: 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy Previous posts in the #TwistedTropes series 1. Pavlov's drooling dog 2.

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Donald. Duck!

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs is only popular, because triangles are easy to put into Powerpoint slides" he opined. Clark argued that lectures are a relic of the medieval age, and complained that modern university teaching rooms are not tech friendly. He cited Donald Bligh's seminal book 'What's the use of lectures?', Fair point.

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