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Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew? We All Did. | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

I’m sure you have had the experience of having to remember a phone number for the minute or two it took you to find a pen and paper. Most likely not, though it might depend on how many times you repeated that number in your head the day before while looking for a pen. Brain Rule #5: Repeat to remember. What did you do?

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The Powerful Amazon Feature You Should be Adopting in Your Learning Management System

Absorb LMS

Adopting an Amazon-like recommendation system in learning and development doesn’t require big data and teams of programmers. Successful on-line retailers such as Amazon would never let you buy a pen without also suggesting you take a look at notebooks. Better learner engagement through a more pleasant experience.

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Using Social Networking in Education

LearnDash

As such, it just makes sense for education programs to adopt them as well another tool for teaching. Online pen pal programs. Most people would probably assume that today social networking and education are now pretty interrelated. Social networking platforms are part of mainstream culture. Creating and maintaining Wikis.

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Silicon Valley Parents Question Value of Technology in Learning. Should We?

Dashe & Thomson

the school’s chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. In Silicon Valley, the chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to the Waldorf School of the Peninsula , a nine-classroom school, and so do employees of Google, Apple, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard. …

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The Powerful Amazon Feature You Should be Adopting in Your Learning Management System

Absorb LMS

Adopting an Amazon-like recommendation system in learning and development doesn’t require big data and teams of programmers. Successful on-line retailers such as Amazon would never let you buy a pen without also suggesting you take a look at notebooks. Better learner engagement through a more pleasant experience.

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The Powerful Amazon Feature You Should be Adopting in Your Learning Management System

Absorb LMS

Adopting an Amazon-like recommendation system in learning and development doesn’t require big data and teams of programmers. Successful on-line retailers such as Amazon would never let you buy a pen without also suggesting you take a look at notebooks. Better learner engagement through a more pleasant experience.

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Tips for Creating a Course Content Marketing Strategy

LearnDash

After writing their first blog, they feel so drained by the effort that they set their pens aside for the month and, as often as not, never pick them up again. Your blog content should be somewhat related to your course material, but it’s perfectly acceptable to adopt a generous interpretation of what that means.

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