The Learning Avenue

Big Data in eLearning – Are Our Learners Just Another Number?

Big Data is the new buzz word in all organisations and in all aspects of business. Big Data gives you the power to understand the environment and your business, and provides the know-how to improving your Return On Investment (ROI). But how is Big Data impacting the learning environment and our learners? What is Big […]

Emotional Playing

Emotions play an important part of the learning process and are necessary so that we can remember, retrieve, transfer, and connect all new information to that which we already know. A learner’s emotions are usually formed when a learner goes through a learning experience and finds a connection with the content. Playing games stimulates certain […]

Breaking free from your Creative Block

Creative blocks can be your worst enemy when your role or job requires you to be creative and to constantly be thinking out of the box. When you rely on your creativity as your source of income, you can’t afford to be short of ideas. Here are some tips on how to break free from […]

Colour and its impact on learning

Colour is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which means that it is a energy with a wavelength and frequency. This energy effects neurological pathways in the brain and creates a biochemical response. Each colour has a specific wavelength and each one affects our body and brain in a different way. Colour affects our mood, behaviour […]

Understanding Adaptive Learning

Adaptive learning is a computer-based online educational system that utilises technology and date to provide customised learning paths to students. The basic idea of adaptivity in learning is the ability of a learning system to modify the presentation of content in response to a student’s performance. How does Adaptive Learning work? A student’s actions and […]