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Using Fantasy in Instructional #Games

Kapp Notes

There are both cognitive and emotional reasons for evoking fantasy. Cognitively a fantasy can help a learner apply old knowledge to understand new things. So the important aspect is to create a fantasy setting in which the same cognitive schema and tasks are required in the game as are required in the actual learning environment.

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ID and eLearning Links 4/16/19

Experiencing eLearning

Learning Science and Research. A Look Back At The Years Best From Learning Science And Instructional Design – Mike Taylor Curated list of research and summaries of research related to learning. Cognitive load, spacing effect, forgetting effect, worked examples, and more. tags: research learning. Research Collections.

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Weekly Bookmarks (9/19/2010)

Experiencing eLearning

tags : spacedlearning learning research e-learning scenarios. Science Links Japan | The Durability of the Effect of an Optimal Spaced Learning Methode, the Modified Low-First Method: Demonstration and Development of a Predictive Model. tags : spacedlearning learning research. tags : spacedlearning learning research neuroscience.

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Brain science in design?

Clark Quinn

The short answer is “yes&# , of course, because my PhD is in Cognitive Psychology (really, applied cognitive science), and I’ve looked at cognitive learning, behavioral learning, social constructivist learning, connectionist learning, even machine learning, looking for guidance about how to design better learning experiences.

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Daily Bookmarks 07/19/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Examines what cognitive science actually tells us about different learning styles and argues that the best answer is to choose the modality that best suits the content rather than adapting to the student. tags: learning , cognition , learningstyles , research , education.

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How to Do More Deep and Meaningful Work

CLO Magazine

In our latest Your Career interview, author and computer science professor Cal Newport uncovers the nature of deep work and how focusing without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is the source of competitive advantage. Tags: Cal Newport , deep work , Your Career. But it’s not easy.

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Definition: Metacognition

Kapp Notes

What people know about how (their own) cognitive processes operate is termed metacognition (cognition about cognitive processes). information as cited by Lawanto, 2010) It has also been defined as a process by which the brain organizes and monitors cognitive resources. 1979) Cognitive Processes. Cuasay, 1992).

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