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E-learning Curve Blog is Michael Hanley's elearning blog about skills, knowledge, and organizational development using web-based training and technology in education

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Teaching organizations how to learn. Part 2 – Conditions for learning

December 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As discussed in a previous post, Driscoll (1994) outlines five conditions for learning (p.382-3). Very much like the multiple approaches and interpretations that exist in constructivism, a number of conditions must be met for the approach to be implemented. The conditions are:

Providing complex learning environments that incorporate authentic activity. Constructivists argue that learners should learn [...]

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Tags: Bruner · Constructivism · Driscoll · Duffy and Cunningham · Schank · conditions of learning · learning styles · learning theory · principles of constructivism

A Year in E-Learning: One Blog’s Progress

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Welcome to my blog, The E-Learning Curve.

So began my first post to the E-Learning Curve Blog on this day in 2007. Upon reflection, I don’t think that I really had any idea about what I was letting myself in for, in terms of the discipline and commitment, not to mention the sheer effort required to [...]

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Tags: Bruner · Schank · elearning blog · elearning curve · learning spiral · michael hanley · year in elearning

More on defining e-learning, elearning, eLearning…

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

As I wrote yesterday, Don Morrison has defined e-learning as:

The continuous assimilation of knowledge and skills by adults stimulated by synchronous and asynchronous learning events – and sometimes Knowledge management outputs – which are authored, delivered engaged with, supported and administered using internet technologies.
(2004, p.4)

I briefly touched upon “continuous assimilation of knowledge and skills by [...]

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Tags: Colvin Clark · Information Sessions · Mayer · Schank · asynchronous · definition of learning · e-learning · learning styles · learning theory · organizational learning · synchronous

More on defining e-learning, elearning, eLearning…

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

As I wrote yesterday, Don Morrison has defined e-learning as:

The continuous assimilation of knowledge and skills by adults stimulated by synchronous and asynchronous learning events – and sometimes Knowledge management outputs – which are authored, delivered engaged with, supported and administered using internet technologies.
(2004, p.4)

I briefly touched upon “continuous assimilation of knowledge and skills by [...]

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Tags: Colvin Clark · Information Sessions · Mayer · Schank · asynchronous · definition of learning · e-learning · learning styles · learning theory · organizational learning · synchronous

More on defining e-learning, elearning, eLearning…

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

As I wrote yesterday, Don Morrison has defined e-learning as:

The continuous assimilation of knowledge and skills by adults stimulated by synchronous and asynchronous learning events – and sometimes Knowledge management outputs – which are authored, delivered engaged with, supported and administered using internet technologies.
(2004, p.4)

I briefly touched upon “continuous assimilation of knowledge and skills by [...]

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Tags: Colvin Clark · Mayer · Schank · asynchronous · definition of learning · e-learning · synchronous

Constructivism Pt.1

December 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

In her comprehensive reference text Psychology of learning for instruction, Marcy Driscoll describes constructivism as having

…multiple roots in psychology and philosophy, among which are the cognitive and developmental perspectives of Piaget, the interactional and cultural emphases of Vygotsky and Bruner, the contextual nature of learning, the active learning of Dewey, the epistemological discussions of von [...]

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Tags: Bruner · Constructivism · Schank · cognition · learning styles · learning theory

Constructivism Pt.1

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

In her comprehensive reference text Psychology of learning for instruction, Marcy Driscoll describes constructivism as having

…multiple roots in psychology and philosophy, among which are the cognitive and developmental perspectives of Piaget, the interactional and cultural emphases of Vygotsky and Bruner, the contextual nature of learning, the active learning of Dewey, the epistemological discussions of von [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Bruner · Constructivism · Schank · cognition · learning styles · learning theory

Constructivism Pt.1

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

In her comprehensive reference text Psychology of learning for instruction, Marcy Driscoll describes constructivism as having

…multiple roots in psychology and philosophy, among which are the cognitive and developmental perspectives of Piaget, the interactional and cultural emphases of Vygotsky and Bruner, the contextual nature of learning, the active learning of Dewey, the epistemological discussions of von [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Bruner · Constructivism · Schank