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Learning Theories & Models for Educational Research & Practice.

Learning Theories & Models for Educational Research & Practice.

This blog post on Ebbinghaus' theory of memory and learning is one of a series by Steve Wheeler summarising influential learning theories. Each post offers a nice clear summary and provides further references if you want to dig deeper.

A good online-paper which explains learning and teaching theory applicable to engineering educators. Most importantly describes how practical or hands-on learning is essential for engineering students.

This study produced a number of papers, of which the most widely referenced in Mayes and de Freitas' study of relevant theories, frameworks and models. This concluded that existing models can be broadly classified as associative, constructive, or situative; that underlying principles of learning remain much the same regardless of the technologies incorporated into the learning situation; but that cosideration of the technologies available for use is now an essential aspect of educational planning, and constructively aligning the learning situation with the desired outcomes.

Highlights * We explore factors affecting students' engagement with Moodle and Facebook. * Students were not interested in using Moodle, yet active on Facebook. * We use Activity Theory as a lens for data interpretation. * Factors are categorized as technological, individual, and community levels.

Hello there, Thanks for sharing this Ivan - good one I hope I can effectively operationalize some ideas. Thanks Z

Interesting! As are a number of the papers suggested afterwards which I will bookmark too! As an aside you may be interested in the paper Cass Business School students present to the Moodle Research Conference last year: http://research.moodle.net/mod/data/view.php?d=7&rid=124 One point of interest I'm keen to follow is the possible rise in more student-led studies (at City?) - in this case, both surveying students and by students. I'm also interested in how we could look more at involving learners in the design process.

This web article provides a concise discussion of the revisions of Bloom's classic cognitive taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl. The differences between Bloom's original taxonomy and the revised one are shown clearly in a well laid out table.

Briliant meta analysis of 225 studies on why lectures don't work for STEM subjects

Briliant meta analysis of 225 studies on why lectures don't work for STEM subjects

Excellent overview of the detailed statistical analysis

Briliant meta analysis of 225 studies on why lectures don't work for STEM subjects

Hi Neal, I am unable to open this website, keep getting an error. is the url correct? cheers arti

I did this in too much haste - sorry! Fixed this on the link above Arti. I'll see if I can post the link to the original article as well Neal

Very useful page detailing items to consider in building an online community. Most interesting of all is the comment that 'good content is spread by your community'.

Sam, indeed valid points. I feel they will be useful when thinking about the project.

thanks sam - just what I need to get my blogging started - I better build up some content and a schedule !