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Thursday, 26 May 2011

When to use animations for learning

Posted on 04:21 by Unknown


picture credit: Yamaggio

You get one of those sudden urges to learn how to poach an egg or make an origami jedi master and what’s the first thing you do? I’m guessing, being the modern nerd that you are, you google for a video demo.  We’ve taken to using resources like YouTube to teach us things. Why are we drawn to learning by watching and when does it actually work?

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