Tip #624: Learning Through Productive Failure
This Tip describes the five principles of learning through productive failure and questions if it is applicable to non-finite subjects. “Learning from failure is a
June 6, 2016
This Tip describes the five principles of learning through productive failure and questions if it is applicable to non-finite subjects. “Learning from failure is a
This Tip discusses TED-Ed animated lessons, which is a terrific training resource subtitled Lessons Worth Sharing for teachers and students. “Animation offers a medium of
This Tip discusses five brain facts instructional designers need to know in order to create powerful learning experiences. “I like nonsense; it wakes up the
This Tip explores backronyms. It is an acronym designed to fit an existing word and can form mnemonics. “Words mean more than what is set
This Tip describes two different approaches to brainwriting that generate more ideas and more participation than brainstorming. “Brainwriting is brainstorming on steroids.” Luciano Passuello Brainstorming
This Tip discusses flipped learning- can it be effective and identifies the questions and logistics involved to be effective. Flipped Learning-Can It Be Effective? Before
Instructional Design Truths Per Cat Videos According to Edmond Manning, cat videos illustrate 11 instructional design truths. Stop Boring or Overwhelming 1.Don’t bore your learners.
This Tip discusses the persuasive power of because, which elicits an automatic response and also helps explain WIIFM. “Teachers teach because they care.” Horace Mann
This Tip describes how to use Tic-Tac-Toe, what do you know? to have participants answer content review questions “Life is more fun if you play
This Tip advocates if they won’t have a clue about a topic because it isn’t relevant, then don’t teach it! “Before I came here, I
This Tip discusses a lightning talk and its various formats, such as PechaKucha, Ignite, and speed geeking! All are very quick. “Thunder is good, thunder
According to Eduardo Briceno, the CEO of Mindset Works, there are four types of mistakes that are most useful in the learning process. These four