Distance learning Distance learning has been around for a long time in the form of correspondence‚ in which assignments were completed without supervision and submitted to an instructor via mail. Most courses were quite basic and did not allow for much‚ if any‚ teacher-student or student-teacher interaction. The introduction of the Internet‚ however‚ changed this model for delivering and submitting educational content. Computers allow more complicated information‚ more engaging instructional materials
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This essay discusses two of the theories surrounding children’s learning and development. It further goes on to discuss how they could be used to inform practice in the classroom. The two theories to be discussed are Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory. Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who lived from 1896 to 1934. He was widely involved in developing the education program of the emerging Soviet Union. At the time of his death‚ his theory was
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PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING Learning is a process that depends on experience and leads to long-term changes in behavior potential. Behavior potential designates the possible behavior of an individual‚ not actual behavior. The main assumption behind all learning psychology is that the effects of the environment‚ conditioning‚ reinforcement‚ etc. provide psychologists with the best information from which to understand human behavior. As opposed to short term changes in behavior potential (caused e.g.
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Assessment of Learning Assessment of learning refers to strategies designed to confirm what students know‚ demonstrate whether or not they have met curriculum outcomes or the goals of their individualized programs‚ or to certify proficiency and make decisions about students’ future programs or placements. It is designed to provide evidence of achievement to parents‚ other educators‚ the students themselves‚ and sometimes to outside groups (e.g.‚ employers‚ other educational institutions). Assessment
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Approaches to learning: how different approaches to learning can affect students success in higher education. Date: 24th November‚ 2013 Firstly‚ learning is the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience‚ practice‚ or study‚ or by taught. It is a way by which knowledge is acquired. On the other hand‚ approaches to learning describe what students do when they go about learning and why they do it. Approaches to learning are divided into two groups; the deep approach to learning and the surface
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“A learning needs assessment is a systematic approach to studying the state of knowledge‚ ability‚ interest‚ or attitude of a defined audience or group involving a particular subject” (University of Idaho‚ 2009‚ p. 3). There are two goals for a learning needs assessment. The first goal is learn what the target audience already knows‚ and the second goal is understand what can be done to make teaching the target audience successful (University of Idaho‚ 2009). On the pulmonary step down unit at Christiana
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The principles of Learning Unit 112 (City and guilds 7407 2003 /2004) Arnie Sacknusem Introduction “The history of education is littered with failed theories‚ even those that were the result of years and years of research.” Page 213‚ David Minton Teaching Skills in Further & Adult Education The “Principles of Learning” are a broad collection of learning theories that have been and developed over time. This essay aims to show how these different theories underpin current
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Conversation: Learning How to Master Enterprise Systems Written by: Oswaldo Lorenzo‚ Peter Kawalek‚ and Boumedience Ramadani Research Questions Asked: How can companies reach a point where their expectations are met or exceeded? How to master enterprises? What are the factors of learning to master ESs? How these factors can help to learn to master ESs? Summary: This article suggest new ways of managing enterprise systems by shifting from being technical and project-base to being communal and learning-centered
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1 Traditional Learning Theories Strayer University 2 Traditional Learning Theories Cognitive constructivism is based on the work of Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. Piaget’s theory has two major parts: a component that predicts what children can and cannot understand at different ages‚ and a theory of development that describes how children develop cognitive abilities.(Piaget 1970) It is the theory of development that will be the focus here because it is the major foundation
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Culture Learning in Language Education: A Review of the Literature R. Michael Paige‚ Helen Jorstad‚ Laura Siaya‚ Francine Klein‚ Jeanette Colby INTRODUCTION This paper examines the theoretical and research literatures pertaining to culture learning in language education programs. The topic of teaching and learning culture has been a matter of considerable interest to language educators and much has been written about the role of culture in foreign language instruction over the past four decades
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