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In education, heutagogy, a concept coined by Stewart Hase of Southern Cross University and Chris Kenyon in Australia, is the study of self-determined learning. The notion is an expansion and reinterpretation of andragogy, and it is possible to mistake it for the same. However, there are several differences between the two that mark the one from the other.

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The aim of the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks is to describe original work in asynchronous learning networks (ALN), including experimental results. Our mission is to provide practitioners in online education with knowledge about the very best research in online learning. Papers emphasizing results, backed by data are the norm. Occasionally, papers reviewing broad areas are published, including critical reviews of thematic areas. Papers useful to administrators are welcome. Entire issues are published from time-to-time around single topic or disciplinary areas. The Journal adheres to traditional standards of double-blind peer review, and authors are encouraged to provide quantitative data; currently JALN's acceptance rate is 25%. The original objective of the Journal was to establish ALN as a field by publishing articles from authoritative and reliable sources. The Journal is now a major resource for knowledge about online learning.

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Exercising your curiosity makes you smarter. It actually changes your brain. In today’s consumerist view of education, thirst for knowledge tends to get relegated as a somewhat quaint old liberal arts value that might be nice to pick up on the side after students have acquired those essential job skills. But the truth is that cultivation of curiosity makes students better equipped to acquire those essential job skills. (Not to mention more interested in doing so.)

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Are educational iPad apps valuable for learning? Until recently, no studies had put iPad learning apps to the test. This month GameDesk released a study led by USC Prof. Michelle Riconscente on Motion Math, an iPad fractions app for elementary-school aged children. The study evaluated whether playing Motion Math led to increases in children’s fractions knowledge and attitudes. Over 120 participants played the game for 20 minutes daily for five days, for a total of 1 hour and forty minutes of game play. Among the main findings were that fractions knowledge increased an average of 15%, and participants gained confidence in their fractions ability and reported liking fractions more after playing the game. Changes on all outcome variables were statistically significant compared to a control group.

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I hesitate when I hear vendors sponsoring academic research: "In a landmark study, a USC professor studied 122 fifth-graders from two schools and four math classes to assess the effectiveness of an iPad app for improving students’ fractions knowledge and attitudes. The study is the first to document learning and motivation gains achieved through iPad game play. ... 5th graders fractions test scores improved 15% after playing Motion Math, for 20 minutes over 5 days. This was a significant increase compared to the control group. Students’ attitudes and confidence towards fractions improved an average of 10%. Virtually all students rated the game as fun and that it helped them learn."

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Through Jorum, you can find, share and discuss learning and teaching resources, shared by the UK Further and Higher Education community.

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Playing clips from Mortimer Adler's dvd version of How To Read A Book, as well as a short excerpt from Rev. Edmund Opitz' talk, The Liberating Arts, I outline for the audience a few essential skills that are required in order to obtain the most from a Trivium-based education. As the Trivium deals with the substance and structure of thought and language, it can be said to be a universal education, relevant to all human beings regardless of time and place.

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In his 1996 book Curriculum as Conversation, Arthur Applebee argued that much of the school curriculum of the time was based upon 'false premises and reflect a fundamental misconception of the nature of knowing. They strip knowledge of the contexts that give it meaning and vitality, and lead to an education that stresses knowledge-out-of-context rather than knowledge-in-action. In such a system students are taught about the traditions of the past, and not how to enter into and participate in those of the present and the future.' (p. 3) It is clear that in the 15 years since the book was published, little has changed. I have asked this question before, but I will ask it again. Are we preparing students for the past, or for the future?

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When you’ve stopped learning on the job, it’s time to quit. After looking at all the jobs I’ve had, I realized one thing: when I stopped learning, I became much more keenly aware of other job factors like salary, office space, and vacation time. Boredom makes it way easier to obsess about money and perks.

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To improve, we must know our biggest failings. In the training and development field, our five biggest failures are as follows: (1) We forget to minimize forgetting and improve remembering. (2) We don’t provide training follow-through. (3) We don’t fully utilize the power of prompting mechanisms. (4) We don’t fully leverage on-the-job learning. (5) We measure so poorly that we don’t get good feedback to enable improvement.

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Discovered by a math teacher, this equation plots out the Batman logo.

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The physicist Niels Bohr once defined an expert as “a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” Bohr’s quip summarizes one of the essential lessons of learning, which is that people learn how to get it right by getting it wrong again and again. Education isn’t magic. Education is the wisdom wrung from failure. A new study, forthcoming in Psychological Science, and led by Jason Moser at Michigan State University, expands on this important concept. The question at the heart of the paper is simple: Why are some people so much more effective at learning from their mistakes? After all, everybody screws up. The important part is what happens next. Do we ignore the mistake, brushing it aside for the sake of our self-confidence? Or do we investigate the error, seeking to learn from the snafu?

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Learn English like a native speaker!! Understand how to write a resume to get the job you want!!! Writing assignments can be fun, and easy!!! Understand how to use correct punctuation and the punctuation rules, so you don't have to guess!! Improve your writing skills!! Learn & improve your English skills, it's free and everyone can learn English!!!

[and use exclamation points!!!!!]

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This web site is for non-native speakers of English who want to write in English for academic purposes.  The material in this site is aimed toward high intermediate or advanced English learners who have never taken a formal English writing course and whose TOEFL score is about 500 or more. 

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A website of free online business and social English vocabulary exercises for both learners of English and native speakers who want to improve their use of business and social vocabulary.

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Open English World provides free online lessons to help you learn English and speak English more fluently. We invite you to use our free activities to practice your conversation, vocabulary, pronunciation, business English, and idioms.

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1000 pages of interactive grammar, listening, vocabulary and reading exercises. Full English grammar guide and phrasal verbs section with definitions, examples and tests. Games, puzzles and more.

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