Engagement = acquiring and keeping your learners’ attentions. Attention is the gatekeeper to further learning. [Christian]
From DSC: Many people talk about engagement when they discuss learning, and with good reason. It seems to me that what they are really getting […]
Two articles from Donald Clark re: 1) Attention & 2) Transfer
Pay attention! Attention is a necessary condition for learning experience design, but poorly understood… — from donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com by Donald Clark Excerpts: Attention is to selectively […]
[Re: online-based learning] The Ford Model T from 1910 didn’t start out looking like a Maserati Gran Turismo from 2021! [Christian]
From DSC: Per Wikipedia, this is a 1910 Model T that was photographed in Salt Lake City: From DSC: The Ford Model T didn’t […]
How to Engage Students (and Identify Them) [Schaffhauser]
How to Engage Students (and Identify Them) — from thejournal.com by Dian Schaffhauser Excerpt (emphasis DSC): “The lessons that created the most engaging experiences for […]
Artificial Intelligence for Learning: How to use AI to Support Employee Development [Donald Clark]
So what is the book about? — from donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com by Donald Clark; which discusses his book entitled, Artificial Intelligence for Learning: How to use AI to […]
James Lang’s Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It [Dhami]
James Lang’s Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It — from tophat.com by Harleen Dhami Navigating distraction in the virtual […]
How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education [Young]
How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education — from edsurge.com by Jeffrey R. Young Excerpts: Simon spent the latter part of his career as […]
Christian: We really need a standard for loading Q’s into a memory-refreshing app
From DSC: After reading Jeff Young’s article re: learning engineering and seeing the Nudge application from Duke University...it once again occurred to me that we […]
What should schools, colleges and Universities do in September? …7 actions [Clark]
What should schools, colleges and Universities do in September? …7 actions — from donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com by Donald Clark Excerpts: Let me start with a tough question. […]
Microsoft Teams’ “Together Mode” reduces extraneous cognitive load in videoconferencing meetings
Microsoft Teams Rolls Out Virtual Rooms to Fight ‘Meeting Fatigue’ — from cheddar.com by Taylor Craig From DSC: Again, the longer the […]
Learning theories
Five Current Learning Theories Learning theories unpack complex cognitive processes and provide useful mental models for educators to structure and design courses around, while also […]
