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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” Why don’t we hear that?

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Multitasking Vs. Continuous Partial Attention

eLearningMind

What is Continuous Partial Attention (CPA)? Continuous Partial Attention (CPA) is an automatic process that enables people to simultaneously pay attention to several sources of information, whilst scanning for relevant information. What is the Difference between Multitasking and Continuous Partial Attention?

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How to Produce Professional Audio For Your Courses

LifterLMS

In this LMScast episode, Ken Theriot, shares his journey into audio and how he became a course creator and how to produce professional audio for courses. Ken Theriot is an audio professional and course creator. He is the owner of Home Brew Audio , a platform aimed at teaching people how to do audio recording at home.

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Classic Learning Research in Practice – Thinking Brain & Memory

Adobe Captivate

Our brain is self-organizing using Neuroplasticity trough long term Potentiation, keeping hold of knowledge or depression by removing irrelevant knowledge. Like on a computer system that has input devices to enter data, data has to be entered in our brain. It is good to remember that people don’t pay attention to boring things.

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eLearning Pet Peeves

Association eLearning

If something is interesting people will choose to pay attention to it because, well, it interests them! Poor Audio. Examples : Audio levels are too high or too low, the sound quality is bad, the narrator is monotoned, or the narration itself is dull or unnatural sounding. Their audio sounds terrible.

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Illustration and Animation: The Icing and the Cake

eLearningMind

That’s because brains love to track movement, see pictures, and follow stories: it’s how it was designed. Consider some of the benefits of visual storytelling over more traditional training: Direct attention Let’s face it—not every piece of information is need-to-know data. Don’t forget the audio. Keep animated modules short.

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How (and Why) to Add Music to Tutorial Videos

TechSmith Camtasia

A song or sound effect used strategically can engage your audience, add a level of professionalism to your content, and make your product stand out. According to our research about people’s video viewing habits , the most critical characteristic of a video is the audio quality. How music affects the brain and impacts learning.

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