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09 Oct

The Next OzLearn Tweet Chat is on 13/10/15

On Tuesday 13th October at 8:00pm AEDST, @OzLearn is having its next monthly twitter chat. This month, our guest is David Smith (@dsvirtually) and we'll be talking about technology and learning. You can read a blog post by David on this topic here. To join the chat, go to Twitter at 8pm on 13/10, search for @OzLearn and join in the conversation (don’t forget to add #ozlearn to your tweets). There is also an OzLearn LinkedIn group where you can view the Storify of the chat afterwards. Hope you can join us for the chat!
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04 Oct

The Human Memory System

Posted by Matt Guyan | Instructional Design, Theory |

This blog post is a slightly modified version of an essay that I recently submitted as part of my Master of Education (Educational Psychology) studies. The ability of the human brain to process, store and retrieve information has been the subject of much research and debate by cognitive psychologists over a long period of time. Whilst the terminology and functioning of the components of the human memory system (also known as our human cognitive architecture or HCA) have changed based on the findings of research, it is widely accepted that our memory system consists of a sensory memory that receives...
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27 Sep

100 Not Out

Posted by Matt Guyan | ELH Challenges |

In life, if someone reaches their 100th birthday it’s significant achievement. In cricket, to score 100 runs and still be batting is also a significant achievement. So when David Anderson announced the E-Learning Heroes Challenge #100, another significant milestone had been reached. The challenges started back in 2013 and from a modest beginning, with just a few people sharing their demos, the number of people participating has grown significantly over time (to date over 2,300 demos have been shared). When I first came across them, I must admit that I thought they were a bit silly. They weren’t whole courses and...
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20 Sep

Bingo Time!

Posted by Matt Guyan | ELH Challenges, My Portfolio, Show Your Work, Storyline |

Often when we talk about our work, we talk in terms of ‘what’ we did. The Showing My Work series of posts aim to also capture the ‘how’ something was done. E-Learning Heroes Challenge #98 – E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Games. The brief: This week your challenge is to create an e-learning buzzword bingo card or interaction. My first idea for this challenge was to create a bingo card using the most overused words in learning, for example engagement or thought leader or wearable technology. But then I had another idea, instead of using words you might hear at a conference...
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04 Sep

The Next OzLearn Tweet Chat is on 8/9/15

Posted by Matt Guyan | OzLearn |

On Tuesday 8th September at 8:00pm AEST, @OzLearn is having its next monthly twitter chat. This month, our guest is Chief Learning Rebel, Shannon Tipton (@stipton) and we'll be chatting about Twitter chats! You can view a post by Shannon by clicking here. To join the chat, go to Twitter at 8pm on 8/9, search for @OzLearn and join in the conversation (don’t forget to add #ozlearn to your tweets). There is also an OzLearn LinkedIn group where you can view the Storify of the chat afterwards. Hope you can join us for the chat!
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The Next OzLearn Tweet Chat is on 13/10/15

The Human Memory System

100 Not Out

Bingo Time!

The Next OzLearn Tweet Chat is on 8/9/15

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