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The Neuroscience of Social Learning

Growth Engineering

We spend a lot of time talking about how social learning is one of the keys to an effective, engaging training strategy. We often bombard you with stats proving that social learning works , but let’s delve a little deeper into the reasons why it works. Social needs.

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Going the extra mile

Learning with e's

In this post, I''m revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. Most versions of Maslow''s Hierarchy are represented as pyramids.

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Can learning theories lead to better elearning content? 

Creativ Technologies

Humanistic learning theory can also be used to get favorable behavior from employees when it comes to e-learning. We all have 5 basic needs, as per Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. So, social constructivism implies that students need teachers to learn because learning is inherently a collaborative process.

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Going the extra mile

Learning with e's

In this post, I'm revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. Most versions of Maslow's Hierarchy are represented as pyramids.

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The point of no return

Learning with e's

The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. In this post, I will examine Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3.

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Drive through learning

Learning with e's

And yet, there are areas of learning within which Hull''s theory could possibly apply. Elements of his theory are present in Maslow''s more humanistic and learner-centred Hierarchy of Human Needs model. The Conflicting Psychologies of Learning: A Way Out. Psychological Review , 42, 491-516. Unported License.

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The importance of being networked

Learning with e's

We have an innate need to talk to others, to share and compare, reify our own ideas, learn from each other, and gain a sense of belonging to a group of like minded others. 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.

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