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4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know

LearnDash

Or do we just learn through raw mental power? During the twentieth century, four major learning theories emerged, and each has lessons that online educators can learn from to design better courses. Behaviorism: Learning is a product of stimulus and reinforcement. Let’s look at what they are.

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

out of 5-star Amazon rating on my book, it’s always been the negative reviews I’ve tried to pay the most attention to. And I have to be honest, while I’ve always been proud of the 4.6 But I have to admit, it’s even harder to sit down and read them all at once!

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. A, attention, R, relevance, C, confidence and S, Satisfaction. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

My goal is to make sure that no matter the size of the project, each company that comes to us gets immediate, attentive, personal service. Properly d.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Whether you are reading or listening, you’re also being distracted by the option your brain is not trying to pay attention to. My goal is to make sure that no matter the size of the project, each company that comes to us gets immediate, attentive, personal service. Properly d.

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What Can Charlie Sheen Teach Us About Internal Marketing? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Clearly, there’s something to be learned here. What’s the cause of all this attention? People pay way more attention to ideas and comments that are “out there,” and therefore memorable, than to those that are staid and commonplace, and therefore boring. The result will be audience attention, and a thorough message.

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Give User Adoption the Respect it Deserves | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Capture the attention of the target population of users within the enterprise. Michael Sampson of Information Week offers a four-stage model to help companies think through the user adoption challenge in his book, User Adoption Strategies: Shifting Second Wave People to New Collaboration Technology. Properly d.