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The Sawyer Effect: Turning Work into Play

ID Reflections

Thus, Mark Twain drives home the great motivational force that works with all human beings. And, Dan Pink arrives at the following: "Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life.

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What are Formative Assessments?

Kitaboo

Educators can use formative assessment to refocus students on the intrinsic value of learning rather than extrinsic rewards or grades. Help Close the Learning Gaps To improve student engagement and motivation, provide opportunities to close gaps between present and desired performance.

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Hanging in there

Learning with e's

And then there was Andrew Carnegie who said: 'People who can't motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.' Some teachers struggle to motivate their students, and some students find it hard to concentrate for long enough to learn anything.

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The Truth About Employee Motivation

WalkMe Training Station

“Why are you motivating your employees?”. Motivated employees are good for the bottom line. However, I want to call attention to a counterproductive trend in employee motivation practices, one which occurs when companies want a quick-fix for their “motivation problem.”. Not very motivational, huh?

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Autonomous Learning - is it the same as informal learning?

Sticky Learning

Drive is all about motivation, what makes people want to do things? Carrots and Sticks represent the way things are in most workplaces, that is, 'if you do this.then you'll get this', a world focussed upon extrinsic motivation. Tags: Books Design Ideas Learning. I'll be interested in your views!

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Emotions and Learning: Part II

The eLearning Coach

It’s safe to say that emotions are an influence on perception, attention, motivation, and the encoding and retrieval of information. Motivation. Emotions are at least partly responsible for our motivation to pursue goal-directed behaviors and activities. A moderate challenge is optimally motivating. Tweet This!

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Ryan Moore from Uncanny Automator Helps You Integrate your WordPress LMS with the Most Important Apps For Your Personalized Learning Paths and Course Designs

LifterLMS

There are two main categories of courses characterized by the motivation of the students taking them. Intrinsic motivation will serve students interested in courses around topics they are interested in, such as self development, learning a skill, or breaking a habit. If you don’t, you’re fired, would be motivating.