Comments on: 12 ideas for using brain-based learning

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:26:05 +0000

RE: Stella, A great point, I address it in this post: http://www.elearningconsultant.com.au/wordpress/?p=58, but I guess the key thing is that the Amygdala is involved in any strong emotion and emotional state, so it doesnt have to be fear. I suppose my ethical position is that to really take advanatage of the Amygdalas ability to encode memories really strongly, a very strong fear would be needed, and yes in many circumstances this would be ethically questionable.

RE: Chris: Great paper thanks mate! Will give it a read, may even blog about it:)

By: Chris Van Wingerden

Chris Van Wingerden — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:49:55 +0000

On avatars/empathy, I recently came across this research paper on peer learning agents, where an avatar is not only used for a ‘teacher’ role within e-learning but also as a co-learner. Interesting results. A pdf can be found here: http://www.stanford.edu/~kiky/CSCL2005Maldonado.pdf

By: Stella Collins

Stella Collins — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:10:57 +0000

hi David
I saw your posting on TJ so came to have a look. You have an impressive set of postings that I will revisit.

One thought springs to mind – if I understand it correctly the amygdala is particularly responsive to fear stimuli so is it something you want to stimulate particularly? I know fear is a great learning tool but what are the ethics in a managed learning situation?

I look forward to being in touch.
Stella