Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 30, 2022

Most of us wouldn’t choose a job in a busy restaurant as a way to relax our brains, but it works for Sheldon. Our brains normally look for patterns to help make sense of the world. By using patterns and routines, our brain gets more efficient—and sometimes a bit lazy. Invest in an under-desk exercise cycle like the one I have.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 22, 2008

The authors suggest several aspects of the exercise relevant to solving new problems: ignoring irrelevant items, monitoring ongoing performance, managing two tasks simultaneously and connecting related items to one another in space and time. Sounds like a well designed learning event.No? So, why did the training work?

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Does any of this sound familiar? The reality is that the human brain can’t focus 100 percent of the time. It might not be exactly what you think of when you think of “playtime,” but it’s effective and feeds the fun-craving part of our brain. BDNF boosts the ability of neurons in the brain to communicate with each other.

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Mike Taylor

JULY 21, 2023

Learn more → Mind-body connection is built into brain Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that the mind-body connection is built into the structure of the brain. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Well, you can that into a reality.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Getting those novel ideas adopted requires people to exert influence on others, by exercising a nuanced combination of empathetic listening and artful persuasion. But if a speaker doesn’t have a good command of public speaking skills to begin with, they’ll come off looking and sounding robotic. Ironic, isn’t it?

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

six auditory exercises designed to help the brain improve the speed and accuracy of processing. For example, participants were asked to distinguish between high- and low-pitched sounds. To start, the sounds were slow and distinct. Gradually, the speed increased and separation disappeared.

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Vignettes Learning

MARCH 16, 2011

However, the influx of information to an individual’s brain may prove to be debilitating to one’s decision making process or may result to learning paralysis for learners. If you exhibit one of these behaviors, you may be suffering from what I call the “ Zombie Tech Effect.” ( Click here to play the self-reflection exercise. )

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Edume

MAY 18, 2020

Physical activity influences the release and of endorphins in the brain. In fact, just a short burst of exercise will improve your mood and increase your energy. Since switching to remote work, we’ve been encouraging everyone to take daily exercise , in any form. Physical activity even reduces the risk of depression by 20-30%.

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Ed App

JUNE 17, 2019

The way it works is by strengthening the mental pattern of retained information in our brains. Sounds pretty simple right? Think of spaced repetition as a weight and your brain as a bicep. If we’ve lost you, we mean that learning builds like that of an exercised muscle. Maximise learning improvement.

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Gyrus

JUNE 21, 2016

But there is so much more to this branding exercise. When you think of brands like Coca-Cola or Walmart, there is a clearly defined color palette that tends to circle around in your brain. The goal of an LMS is to ultimately serve your learning base with the best possible learning environment.

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Engage in Learning

JUNE 1, 2021

Unconscious bias is much trickier than surface-level opinions; human brains are hard-wired to categorise people on sight, forming instant opinions backed up by stereotypes, which means you need to actively address these in everything you do. . Do you treat people better because they sound like you? ED&I is a tick-box exercise.

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eLearningMind

MAY 20, 2024

Because of its more lighthearted nature, this increases motivation and engagement in a fun way, and also provides cognitive relief to the brain. Sounds like a win-win situation for all! Whether this is one-on-one or group training, it’s up to you to facilitate a team-building exercise and break the ice.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Firing together means a sufficient number and depth of meaningful experiences around a defined set of attitudes and behaviors cause the brain to rewire — or learn — the new patterns. Most of these ideas should sound familiar from the protocol for reverse engineering top performers. Intense social support for the learner.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

MAY 31, 2011

I thought a learning style test was a nice ramp up for an exercise where people had to blog about their own facilitator style - from the idea that it is good to know your own preferences and biases as a trainer/facilitator. I went looking for a learning style test for an online course. Both claim: " Learning Styles don't exist.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The End Note Applications of Virtual Reality in Education Virtual reality (VR) technology taps into the principle of learning through experience and strives to provide a multisensory learning experience by engaging all the senses, including sound, sight, smell, and touch.

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Axonify

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Sound familiar? If you can break up learning and make it accessible for whenever employees have three to five minutes to consume one piece of information, then you’re exercising the principle of continuous reinforcement. This concept is mapped to how the brain processes and remembers information.

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Limestone Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this webinar, with Sounding Board, Inc.’s PT: Mind-Mapping for Training Design Mind-mapping is a visual brainstorming technique you can use to tap into the power of the brain, look at a subject in its entirety and organize around key learning objectives. Thursday, November 10, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 Can You, Would You?

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 23, 2017

A few highlights: There were booths you could sit in where the temperature, smell, sound, wind and vibrations were all manipulated in-sync with the VR you were immersed in, giving a truly immersive multi-sensory experience www.sensiks.com. Imagine experiencing the sights, sounds, smells and heat of a shanty-town or refugee camp.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 17, 2012

At least, that's what InteraXon, the company who has designed the Muse 'brain sensing' headband wish to achieve. 'It This will sound quite sinister to many, and others will be far from convinced. But I think 'brain sensing' is an unfortunate tag line. Could it imply that there is no brain there to sense? Mind control?

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learnWorlds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Timelines help learners better understand and absorb details adding a visual path to stimulate both language and visual brain centers! Then, you will want to focus on diction, grammar and wording exercises to supplement your other material. Listening exercises are essential. Flashcards. Every educator loves flashcards.

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Instancy

JANUARY 13, 2021

The reason is the human brain cannot retain information by reading or learning just once. Spaced learning might sound like a slower process than some of most conventional approaches like full-day training courses. This is why spaced learning exercises are separated by breaks. And that’s not all. Keep it brief. Conclusion.

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 20, 2016

That is not how the brain is geared to work. All ideas sound like good ideas when you're talking to yourself. Training that doesn’t give people a purpose or a sense of mastery is a waste of time, money and brain space. I’m talking about the classroom model itself. It is time to CHANGE IT UP. Virtual or live. Micro-courses.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The human brain loves to look to future state. Share unusual images or sounds – your audience will try to fit what you show/say/do with what they know. The minute you ask a question, the more the brain is mandated to answer. Can use at beginning of session – maybe every 30 minutes use it again as a break exercise.

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Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I press the brew button on my pod-style coffee maker and instead of delivering the caffeinated beverage I so desperately need, it makes a weird beurk sound and the display dies. Sound too easy? Here’s the situation: it’s 6:30 a.m. on an already busy Monday morning. Neat, simple…almost elegant. Don’t take my word for it.

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ProProfs

AUGUST 7, 2020

Activities such as group discussions, Q&A sessions, role-plays, and team-based brain games are some examples of this kind of learning. All this ensures ROI and sound financial standing of a company. A needs analysis of trainees, particularly their skill gaps, forms the foundation of all sound training programs.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2009

Audio : I've been learning the basics of using Adobe Audition for sound recording and have been creating narration for a course we're currently building. PowerPoint : Tom Kuhlman's got some great demos and exercises on his Rapid eLearning Blog, like this one on building an eLearning Template in PowerPoint. Have any to add?

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Vignettes Learning

JUNE 6, 2015

According to Cambridge neuroscientist Daniel Bor's "The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning," pattern recognition is the brain's way of making connections among a variety of experiences, information and sensations. It allows us to recognize shapes, letters, sounds and tastes.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

JANUARY 17, 2012

I suppose all industries go through this to some degree, and while it's mildly frustrating, going through the exercise can reveal some insights and help us focus our work. Our bodies, mostly our brains, handles the learning side of things. So let's take a look at what happened. Learning actually happens without our interventions.

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eLearningMind

AUGUST 24, 2015

As long as you approach testing and knowledge retrieval the right way, testing can become a beneficial exercise for learners. While it might sound counterproductive, some forgetting is actually beneficial for the brain. Stop thinking of testing as a way for learners to prove their mettle, and start using it as a teaching method.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Sounds impressive, right? However, as enticing as it may sound, generative AI falls flat in almost every crucial area when it comes to L&D tasks. There are some good uses for it and for creativity it can get your brain going or provide you with a basis to go off of and edit heavily. Not really.

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KnowledgeCity

JUNE 8, 2021

Sound familiar? Understanding how the brain works and learns is a critical factor in your ability to craft meaningful and effective training and development programs for your teams. Have a positive company culture that promotes stress-busting activities and exercise, as these will help keep the mind sharp. The Role of Memory.

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Matrix

AUGUST 11, 2020

While this has always been a part of training (in the form of team-building exercises, collaborative tasks, or on-the-job mentoring ) the expansion of social media has made the set up for this type of learning more familiar. Luckily, modern technology and above all the development of xAPI makes this task a lot easier than it initially sounds.

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Business Relationship Management (BRM) Institute mentions the impact of language on the brain and the importance of using positive language , as words can have a significant impact on our lives, psychologically and emotionally. When incorporating power words into your marketing material, it’s important to use them in a natural way.

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Interactive Services

JANUARY 8, 2019

Designing sound and profound learning experiences. Designing Sound and Profound Learning Experiences. Once armed with an understanding of your learners’ needs, you can then set out to design sound and profound learning experiences. Incorporating adult learning principles. Engaging learners’ emotions. Providing ongoing feedback.

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General Assembly

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Let’s begin with an exercise to examine our own understandings of these terms. The first time I did this exercise, I found it challenging. When I use this exercise in my unconscious bias training with tech companies, participants offer a wide variety of answers. When we can’t get on the same page, we can’t take the next step.

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Matrix

JANUARY 31, 2017

There are plenty of aspects of the human brain and how we remember things that even the most brilliant minds of scientists on this planet still don’t know. Since I haven’t had to pass a geometry, chemistry, or geography test in years, my brain placed these pieces of information in a not-that-important category.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 10, 2015

They contain studies of learning from the frameworks of design, teaching, networks, tech, brain science, and positive psychology. I led a team that created 120 hours of interactive exercises to teach business and management skills. is the sound of enlightenment. Learning Community Making sound decisions The Learning Business'

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