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Humour Is Essential In The Classroom — And It's Not Just About Jokes | Learning Sūtras
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February 16th, 2013. Humour Is Essential In The Classroom And It's Not Just About Jokes. Well, a joke isn’t worth much by itself, but it paves the way for the serious stuff to come. But beyond jokes, we’re talking about. Humour can engage any audience. Can it help the learning process? Very much. Essentially, humour relieves the tension that typically exists in a classroom, thus making for an atmosphere conducive to learning. The Use of Humor as a Teaching Tool in the College Classroom. A major reason fo...
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cognition | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "cognition". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. February 16th, 2013. Humour Is Essential In The Classroom And It's Not Just About Jokes. May 28th, 2011. Testing Higher-Order Cognition: MCQs Versus MEQs. Testing Higher-Order Cognition: MCQs Versus MEQs. March 7th, 2011. The Human Attention Span Non-debate. Or How long can a person stay focused on a topic? March 3rd, 2011. About the ap...
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speed reading | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "speed reading". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. February 19th, 2013. Improving Learner Recall: Six Interlinked Elements. January 14th, 2013. Six Basics of Efficient Reading. Make It A How-To! Making Your Learner Think, Part II: The Value Of Linear Prose. Interface Design: The Problem With Intuitive. Constructing Analogies: Three Mistakes To Avoid.
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courseware | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "courseware". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. February 24th, 2013. Interface Design: The Problem With Intuitive. With user interfaces, there's always been the tussle between cluttered and minimalist, what people are used to versus what is better, aesthetic versus functionality. What garners the most debate is minimalistic versus rich interfaces. April 17th, 2012. June 6th, 2011.
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Make It A How-To! | Learning Sūtras
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March 16th, 2013. Make It A How-To! A lesson on how to do something is inherently more engaging than a lesson on what something is. For an instructor, it is easier to use the term loosely to teach how to than to explain this is what it’s all about. It’s the difference between practice (generally interesting) and theory (generally boring). How do you make theory interesting? One way is to start off the other way round: Pose a problem, ask how it can be solved, and then bring in the theory. Theory and equa...
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comprehension | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "comprehension". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. March 5th, 2013. Making Your Learner Think, Part II: The Value Of Linear Prose. What makes traditional, pre-1990s books so different from today’s popular books and e-books? February 20th, 2013. How To View An Autostereogram (It’s How Reading Comprehension Happens). If you’ve properly viewed an autostereogram. February 19th, 2013.
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learner-centric | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "learner-centric". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. March 16th, 2013. Make It A How-To! A lesson on how to do something is inherently more engaging than a lesson on what something is. For an instructor, it is easier to use the term loosely to teach how to than to explain this is what it’s all about. February 12th, 2013. Making Your Learner Think, Part I: Be Subtle. April 17th, 2012.
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reading | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "reading". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. March 5th, 2013. Making Your Learner Think, Part II: The Value Of Linear Prose. What makes traditional, pre-1990s books so different from today’s popular books and e-books? To generalise somewhat, the presentation differs in almost every way: Paragraph structure, bulleted lists, visual elements, boxed islands of information, and so forth.
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infographics | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "infographics". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. March 5th, 2013. Making Your Learner Think, Part II: The Value Of Linear Prose. What makes traditional, pre-1990s books so different from today’s popular books and e-books? January 27th, 2013. Why Infographics in Your E-Learning Course? A post on readwrite. Make It A How-To! Interface Design: The Problem With Intuitive.
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informal learning | Learning Sūtras
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All posts tagged "informal learning". Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/learningsutras/learningsutras.com/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 34. February 13th, 2013. What Merits Are There To The 19th-Century Schooling System? January 10th, 2013. A Quick Take On Twitter As A Learning Tool. Can Twitter be used as a learning tool, in conjunction with or independent of the classroom? March 22nd, 2011. Are Podcasts An Effective Way To Learn? March 21st, 2011. Learn as a team.