Brain as Prediction Machine
Julie Dirksen, Usable Learning, 2017/09/15
I ran across this concept last summer and let it slip by, but I don't want to overlook it. The idea is that the brain functions not as an intelligence or thinking instrument, but as a prediction machine. This article collects a number of resources that revolve around that idea. This is important because the function of predicing can be very different, and the requirements much lower, than for intelligence or cognition. More...
5 Design Steps Of Learner Engagement For Humans
5 Design Steps Of Learner Engagement For Humans
Zsolt Olah, eLearning Industry, 2017/09/15
"This article," writes Zsolt Olah, "is about why you can’t motivate humans, and the 5 design steps you should go about it." Wait - you can't motivate students? There goes about ten tons of educational theory! But this proposition is advanced by Susan Fowler in her book on the topic. More...