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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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Abstracts of Three Studies Related to Pedagogical Agents

Kapp Notes

The Effects of Peer-Like and Expert-Like Pedagogical Agents on Learners’ Agent Perceptions, Task-Related Attitudes, and Learning Achievement. Here are three interesting research abstracts about using avatars or pedagogical agents (fancy word for characters) in elearning. Abstract One. Schroeder, N. Adesope, O. O., & Gilbert, R.

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Singapore Learning Symposium Resources #SLS2013

Kapp Notes

2013), February 4). A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. Also referenced was research about games and cognition supported by a grant from DSO National Laboratories , Singapore. Sitzmann, T. Personnel Psychology.Review of 65 studies. Wouters, P., van Nimwegen, C., Oei, Michael D.

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eLearning Conferences 2012

Tony Karrer

link] February 7-10, 2012 iConference 2013: Culture, Design, Society, hosted by the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. link] May 31-June 2, 2012 Jean Piaget Society Annual Meeting: Rethinking Cognitive Development, 42 nd annual, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. link] January ?,

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Three steps to a more inclusive workplace with immersive DE&I training

STRIVR

Psychology and cognitive science research can help identify the reasons why these initiatives struggle. Research has shown that attempting to have individuals ‘unlearn’ well-learned habits (like biased attitudes and beliefs) is a much more difficult and complicated process than many have assumed. About the Author.

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8 Proven Tips for Optimal Learning

KnowledgeOne

This is in addition to a growing interest in more humane approaches to teaching that take into account the fact that cognition and emotions are inseparable, contrary to what we have long believed… So, learners and teachers, here are some tips from the latest research for optimal learning! Tips for learners. But that is not all.

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Aristotle said it and it is still true: there’s no real knowledge without ethics

Coorpacademy

For those who think of themselves as rational people, his research is eye-opening in the way it demonstrates the typical cognitive bias in ethical decisions: they are taken very quickly and driven by emotion, with our rational mind being used to justify the decision after the fact. 2) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Isaac, S.