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Tom Reeves presentation: Kirschner, Sweller, Clarke (2006) Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work….. (provocative paper – lookup) Tom points to Conative domain (will, desire, drive, intention….) as a major deficate of the Cognitive Load Theory. Cognitive (to know) … Continue reading →

David Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction: Activation – learning is promoted when learners activate relevant cognitive structures. Demonstration – learning is promoted when learners observe a demonstration of the skills to be learned Application – learning is promoted when learners … Continue reading →

Great presentation (must lookup!!!): spoke about his paper Digital Storytelling using Web 2.0 showed a great presentation software ???? Alan Levine’s blog is http://cogdogblog.com/ Recommends Nancy White’s workshop.

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