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Top News - Online insight: Challenges beat cheerleading
Top News - Online insight: Challenges beat cheerleading

Network analysis in online discussions in two classes shows, not surprisingly, that asking probing questions and challenging posts results in more learner engagement than simple "cheerleading" posts like "Great job!"

New link: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2008/05/08/online-insight-challenges-beat-cheerleading/

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·eschoolnews.com·
Top News - Online insight: Challenges beat cheerleading
GUEST POST: The Emerging Consensus — The Learning Scientists
GUEST POST: The Emerging Consensus — The Learning Scientists
This is an interesting summary of research, compiling conclusions from multiple types of research. While I'm skeptical of most claims about neuroscience research directly informing learning design, this tries to avoid that. Neuroscience research is used to explain results from cognitive psychology research. They also try to connect cognitive research on the other side with classroom experience.
#teaching#research#education#spacedlearning#cogpsych#neuroscience#cognition
·learningscientists.org·
GUEST POST: The Emerging Consensus — The Learning Scientists