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Avatars and Social Learning Theory

Kapp Notes

Recently, I posted about Bandura’s Social learning theory , this posting continues the discussion and relates it specifically to instruction involving avatars. Social Learning Theory. Social learning theory is based on the premise that observation and imitation by an individual leads to learned behavior.

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ID and eLearning Links 4/16/19

Experiencing eLearning

The links and resources in this post include collections of research, specific research on retrieval practice, an overview of learning theories, H5P’s new branching scenario option, and a widget for changing the colors in the Storyline modern player. Learning Science and Research. Learning Theories.

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Should Marketing Review eLearning Courses?

Association eLearning

While we do understand buyer psychology and do spend time doing demographic and psychographic research to formulate the best marketing messages we can, this does not necessarily translate to knowing the best methods for motivating learners to complete courses. These are the items that should be reviewed by Marketing.

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Who's Building the Social Learning Roads? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. We understand that social media, and at a higher level social learning, are crucial to course design moving forward. Properly d.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

The Washington Post recently ran an article on Project MMOWGLI (Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet), a new MMORPG being rolled out by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that will allow thousands of players to participate in solving geopolitical crises created by hypothetical pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

If we separate the human aspect of social networking from the technology, we can learn a lot more about the power of networks – not just from today’s pundits, but from many years of sociological research on the topic. Properly d.

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Who are Instructional Designers? The existential dilemma.

ID Reflections

This should also ideally encapsulate: The scope of the training program The overall notional learning time The solutions used to support/enhance the assimilation like, scenarios, stories, case studies, simulations, animations, etc. Note: the solutions should be firmly based on learning theories and not used at random.