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"Even more than other types of education, eLearning must struggle to attract learners' attention: the Internet is full of distractions, and adult learners are both busier and more free to indulge in distractions. Helping students to pay attention is a primary concern of training professionals, so here are some optimal methods to win the attention game in eLearning."
Beth Dichter's insight:
The number of students participating in online courses continues to grow and for those that currently teach with students in their physical classroom, there are shifts towards blended learning, with part of the day online and part of the day with more direct instruction. This post looks at ways to keep students' attention online, but the same components are also important in the face2face classroom. What is it that help students pay attention? * Problem solving * Comparisons * Visuals * Questions * Emotions * Stories * Contrast * Controversy * Brevity * Lists Each of these areas is described in more depth when you click through to the post and in many cases you will find links to additional resources. You may already be using some of these strategies, but try combining two or more to see how students react. Many of the strategies promote authentic learning opportunities, which promote high engagement. All are valuable to understand and to use in the classroom, but it online or face2face. 
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How do we create learning that lasts? It's a hard question to answer, and in some cases an even harder reality to achieve, particularly with the pressure
Beth Dichter's insight:
After describing the three phases of the learning process based on cognitive science. The first two phases: * Students decide what to attend to. * Students organize the information These work with short term memory but to know the information students must also activate long term memory which may begin in class with a review but should also includes well crafted assignments. What can you do?The post continues by exploring ways to capture a students attention and ways to help them create a framework. The final section explores how to make the lesson stick. Three examples are below (quoted from the post). * Begin lectures with a high level question that the upcoming information can answer. * Highlight the "unfinished" nature of each subject. * Don't use too many types of different presentation materials at once. Throughout the post there are links to additional resources.
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
June 23, 2014 1:38 PM
I love this image. It captures it all. Beth Dichter posts great stuff on a regular basis. I am really spending some serious time inviestigating this topic of buy-in by the students by givening them more ownership . 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
June 25, 2014 5:38 AM
I like the analogy of a 'sticky lesson'... something that sticks in your head. That's the aim of every lesson... get what you are teaching to stick in the learners head!
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Of course, mobile technology has its uses. It’s even ridiculous to point that out. But have you ever felt a distinct repulsion from your mobile phone? In fact, as the infographic illustrates, such screens manage to attack all of our senses.
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"How long can you reasonably expect your students to pay attention during your lessons? Some psychologists claim the typical student’s attention span is about 10 to 15 minutes long, yet most university classes last 50 to 90 minutes. Students’ attention levels vary widely based on factors like motivation, emotion, enjoyment, and time of day."
Beth Dichter's insight:
What are the best methods of keeping our students engaged in the lessons we teach? This post explores this issue, and provides 15 suggestions at the end of techniques you may want to incorporate into your class. But first, it explores what science has to say on this issue. They begin by looking at what is known about the attention span of students, and suggest that this is disagreement on this issue. Is it 4- 5 minutes, 10 - 15 minutes...they note that there is not clarity on this issue. The next section looks at attention and active learning. It may come as no surprise that during active learning, such as demonstrations and questions, as opposed to lecturing. The post also looks at how technology impacts learning (click through to learn more) and then there are 15 tricks. Four are below. * Use props or visuals. * Write a challenging question on the board. * Divide target skills into manageable subskills. * Stress relevance and concreteness.
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
June 29, 2014 2:48 PM
15 great tips for engaging student attention. Well worth a read. 
KCenter SKEMA's curator insight,
July 15, 2014 11:25 AM
Grande question pour les enseignants surtout maintenant avec les "distractions" qui se multiplient
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What do we and don't we know about the brain? It used to be that we thought we knew it all. Well, maybe not all. But, over the last couple decades new research reveals and debunks some of our previ...
Beth Dichter's insight:
One image with six facts about learning and the brain. As educators these are six facts that are useful to know as we work with our students.
Mary Cunningham's curator insight,
October 13, 2013 12:05 PM
This is part of the post on infographics as well, but is interesting enough to have a link just in its own.
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A study of schools using 3D technology in the classroom suggests it could improve test results and concentration.
it is 3D's curator insight,
November 25, 2013 6:50 AM
3D can improve the success of the kids in the school and also help the teachers to motivate their pupils. One of our products is a 3D player with amazing content in 3D (combustion engine, solar system, human body, etc.). It is incredible to see what you are learning in 3D because it is like having the real object in front of you, which helps kids to have a much better understanding of what they are learning, and you can also play your scans and 3D pictures! Join the 3D revolution and create your own classroom of the future! |
These are certainly true. Have a look at www.hotmoodle.com
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and ask indviduals questions every 2-3 minutes - but always label the behaviour first! so it is a positive experience not a catching out!!