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engaging the learning cycle

Engaging the Entire Learning Cycle to Ignite Enthusiasm and Learning

…USA: Sterling Publishing SageCrowd (2015) The laws of learning: work with the brain’s natural learning cycle (blog), SageCrowd. https://www.sagecrowd.com/blog/laws-learning-work-brains-natural-learning-cycle/ Author bios Dr. Tennakoon is a visiting lecturer of biology at…

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What is Experiential Education?

…experience. Again, adding reflection for reflection’s sake does not improve learning. Although adding these experiential and reflective elements in content-driven courses is a step in the right direction, the real…

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Beyond Memorization: Strategies for Long-Term Retention 

…for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Connecting-strategies-with-impactful-learning-technologies-for-post-pandemic-education_fig1_345503850 Malamed, Connie (n.d.). The Power of Retrieval Practice For Learning: An Instructional Strategy for Long-term Retention. the eLearning Coach. https://theelearningcoach.com/learning/retrieval-cues/….

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Learning from Experience

Learning from Experience: How Teaching is Like Golf

…then articulates some of the most important principles of learning-centered course design. They include: beginning with explicit, high-level learning objectives; using valid developmental assessments of student learning; selecting course activities…

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Service-Learning Course Development

…Service-Learning at the University of Maryland, College Park. Start with the learning outcomes. “Figure out what those learning outcomes are and go over the wide range of pedagogies that they…

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