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Friday Finds —Cognitive Load, Slow Ideas, Plain Language

Mike Taylor

So I’ll be thinking cool thoughts, soaking up some sun and cheering like crazy for all the Ohio All-American girls. Cognitive load is influenced by motivation, task elements, and background knowledge. Cognitive load is influenced by motivation, task elements, and background knowledge. As always, thanks for reading.

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Join Me in Phoenix with ATD’s Valley of the Sun Chapter, October 30-31, 2017

Learningtogo

The ATD Valley of the Sun Chapter , serving the greater Phoenix area. Like most of our local chapters, the ATD Valley of the Sun Chapter is governed by volunteer leaders who represent all aspects of the training and human resources development profession.

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Perchance to Dream – How sleep affects learning, memory and brain health

Learningtogo

While your body and your conscious mind appear to zone out during sleep, your brain is still very active, and doing some amazing things. People who don’t give their bodies enough time to completely break down this chemical start the day already drowsy and have a harder time focusing and functioning at peak cognitive levels.

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Friday Finds — Animations for Learning, Make Your Own GPT, Designing to Persuade

Mike Taylor

And I plan to fully soak up this next trip around the sun! It highlights that while some studies suggest animations can hinder learning, others show benefits, emphasizing the need for educators to consider their material’s specific context and cognitive demands when deciding to use animations. Thanks for reading!

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4 Unexpected Habits That Improve Memory

KnowledgeCity

The average brain can house a million gigabytes of information. We all know that keeping a list is a great tool to help remember which groceries we need, but what about ways to permanently increase the brain’s performance? Twenty minutes of full-body sun exposure can provide an entire day’s worth of vitamin D. Eat Your Berries.

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3 Brain science insights about adult learning

Matrix

A long long time ago people believed that the Sun orbits the Earth. Not so long ago people believed that we only use around 10% of our brain capacity and that once a neuron dies, the brain loses it forever. And neuroscience placed the 10% usage of the brain right next to the other erroneous beliefs. We have to learn them.

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Friday Finds — Ultimate Curation Guide, Better Training Videos, AI Content Transformation

Mike Taylor

What I’m Listening To: This playlist has been the perfect soundtrack for soaking up the sun and getting my vitamin D fix this week. Learn more → Effective educational videos This study from Vanderbilt University finds that effective educational videos are strategic, engaging, and cognitively optimized.

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