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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. This was awkward.

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The importance of being networked

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Think of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of human needs (1954), and note that 'belonging' to a group and gaining respect from others are fundamental to his theory. References Maslow, A. This is a deep seated human trait that many psychologists down through the years have researched. 1954) Motivation and Personality (Third Edition).

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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's not teaching, it's torture. Unported License.

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(re)Designing learning in a digital world

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(re)Designing Learning Spaces for a Digital World View more presentations from Steve Wheeler My keynote speeches to academic staff at Massey University on the Palmerston North and Wellington campuses this week were accompanied by the slides above.

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Clark is not Keen

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He began by debunking many of the established and commonly accepted learning theories espoused by the likes of Benjamin Bloom (Taxonomy), Robert Gagne (Stages model) and Abraham Maslow (Hierarchy of needs). Glib, perhaps, but also inherently true when faced with the oversimplification of Maslow's model. get a grip, Andrew!'

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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. Donald Clark's opening keynote for ALT-C 2010 essentially polarised his audience this morning. Some loved his earthy, no-quarter given demolition of an host of established theories of learning.

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

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Tool #2: Wordle for Text-Heavy Slides. October 15, 2010 These are slides from a My Kineo webinar I ran this week with Kirstie Greany. This lets you quickly modify your slides by changing templates, color schemes, and fonts. Above are my slides for today’s keynote at the EDEN Research Workshop here in Budapest.