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There’s nothing like a good nap. It can refresh your mood—and possibly your memory. Because a new study in the journal Science shows that a quick snooze after a mental workout helps to consolidate learning. And that sounds heard during sleep can trigger associations that sharpen memory even more.

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vocal learning, is believed to rely on a version of the same neurological systems that eventually allowed a clever branch of the primate tree to acquire language and become human. It makes the birds an important model of human learning, language and neural development.

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Lecturers must do more than lecture, argues Mary Malcolm: they must develop students' intellectual-inquiry skills

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The Dana Foundation - Q&A with TERRENCE J. SEJNOWSKI, Ph.D.

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There are many ways to use Facebook for both learning and productivity, and a number of apps that can help you do so.

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Universities are constantly exploring new ways to use social media to fulfill their missions of engaging and sharing knowledge with their constituents. A recent article at Mashable, provided 10 highlights of how universities are using social media for public affairs. (Social Media In Learning Blog)

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Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science of learning.

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Here's a list of nearly 3,000 tools that range from "traditional" course authoring tools to Web 2.0 collaboration and sharing tools. Over 3/4 of the tools are FREE. 50 different tool pages under 25 tool categories

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I develop mathematical models to study the evolution of helping behaviors (cooperation, altruism) and harming behaviors (punishment, spite). I try to understand and disaggregate the role of ecological, demographic, life-history, and cultural factors for the evolution of these behaviors.

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"Brady and Oliva report interesting experiments in Psychological Science." (Deric Bownds' MindBlog)

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"JOLT welcomes papers on all aspects of the use of online multimedia educational resources for learning and teaching. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve student learning; instructional design theory and application; online learning and teaching initiatives; use of technology in online education; innovative online learning and teaching practices. "

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Education in this country has evolved dramatically from the days of one teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. today, student learning is no longer confined to a physical space. Computers and the Internet have broken through school walls, giving students greater opportunities to personalize their education, access distant resources, receive extra help or ore-challenging assignments, and engage in learning in new and unique ways. (No Child Left Behind)

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