Learning with e's

MARCH 25, 2018

Image from Wikimedia Commons Last week I posted a Twitter poll with the question: Which myth is the most damaging for learning? Before I reveal the results, here's the reasoning behind the poll: I am constantly amazed at the persistence of 'mythical beasts' in education. This attracted nearly a third of the poll votes at 31%.

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Matrix

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Let’s take polls as an example. It’s wise to use polls for information repetition and retention and to gather feedback from learners. Furthermore, polls can gather feedback from managers, team leaders, and coaches. Read more: From UX to LX, the new role of instructional designers. Personalization. Gamified learning experiences.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Make Classes More Interesting Enhance Topic Retention Provide Deeper Knowledge Stimulate the Brain Increase Accessibility III. Stimulate the Brain Did you know that as much as 90% of the information processed by the brain is visual? Not only this, it can also result in stimulating increased brain activity in students.

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CourseArc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As it turns out, the answer is a decisive “no,” because that’s not how human brains are wired. After all, there’s only so much available space in our mental hard drives, so our brains are optimized to quickly recall what repetition and habit have proven to be “important” while everything else that seems less essential gets pushed aside.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 10, 2021

That Is Not How Your Brain Works. In the article, Lisa Feldman Barrett tells us to forget some scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself. To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their Perceptions. See which of these are myths you may not know are untrue. The Ultimate Virtual Engagement E-book. Pay attention!

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 10, 2023

There is a winning approach: Combine education technology with brain-science principles of how we best learn. The brain is built for lifelong learning. Your brain takes in all that data through your senses and encodes it as an episodic memory. Let’s say you go to Paris on vacation. We’ll focus more on this last one.

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KnowledgeAnywhere

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It is clearly stated that a brain can't multitask. If you try multitasking your brain, your brain will end up blank. With icebreakers, polls, whiteboards, breakout groups, annotated notes, quizzing, and more, there's no reason online training shouldn't be interactive. This allows Learners to practice thinking skills 8.

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Obsidian Learning

MARCH 13, 2020

Familiarize yourself with how to mute/unmute participants, transfer presenters, set up breakout groups, take polls, chat, use the whiteboard, and use participant engagement indicators. Your brain will get better at shifting gears and maintaining focus with consistent practice. Stay focused. Then stick to the timing.

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 12, 2022

If only we could sort what matters from what doesn’t.The good news is that you can train your brain to evaluate the quality of information with Richard Feynman’s 7 “Tricks” for Evaluating Information. Get Acquainted lets you make free chatbot polls fast. Evaluating Information: Find the Signal in the Noise.

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Mitch Moldofsky

JUNE 18, 2021

Polling—find out what students already think about a topic. Humour to surprise their brain and stimulate thought. FYI, I’m leading a workshop on Brain Friendly Strategies for Learning Design at the FREE Welcome Into The Awesome Conference this weekend. Hand up—students can interrupt in an orderly fashion.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 26, 2021

A Gallup poll aggregated by Sapling found that 12% of employees strongly agree’ that their organization has good onboarding processes. Letting them leave early helps their brain to breathe. There’s a solid disconnect. Don’t make it a full 8 hours. There a lot of cognitive overload potential. Ongoing (30-60-90 days). Rotate buddies.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2015

Your frontal cortex gets active - it''s like your brain is rehearsing what it hears in a story. Our brains are programmed to filter out repetitive activities. But in most orgs, no one has tapped the experts'' brains.) Learners remember facts better when they''re in the form of a story -- and NOT a bulleted list. Add novelty.

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Elucidat

JANUARY 13, 2023

Make sure you get learners’ brains working and test the things you really want them to know. . One way is by using Elucidat’s Social Polling feature. With social polling, at the start of a module, learners are asked to give their opinion on a matter based on a small amount of information.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 12, 2018

She plugs a jack directly into her brain and downloads the skills. They live for the challenge that makes them draw upon as many parts of their brain as they can to pull the rabbit out of the hat. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, managers who cannot or will not provide feedback “fail to engage 98 percent of employees.”

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Innovative Learning Group

JULY 9, 2018

If you decide that a VILT is the right delivery method for your content, think about this: in the book Design for How People Learn , author Julie Dirksen likens our brains to elephants. And so does our brain when we’re not engaged. In addition, using interesting colors, a theme, and images will keep the “elephant brain” from wandering.

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Innovative Learning Group

JULY 9, 2018

If you decide that a VILT is the right delivery method for your content, think about this: in the book Design for How People Learn , author Julie Dirksen likens our brains to elephants. And so does our brain when we’re not engaged. In addition, using interesting colors, a theme, and images will keep the “elephant brain” from wandering.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 21, 2021

Ryan Tracey polled some L&D practitioners from around the world to answer the question: How will the COVID-19 pandemic impact learning and development in the long term? Brain Research Confirms Stupidity Of Back-to-Back Meetings. Brain research now confirms what we have all experienced: back-to-back meetings are stupid.

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 2, 2023

This is a fascinating compilation of research on effective learning strategies, the amazing workings of our bodies, and how to keep our brains in tip-top shape. Take away: ​A brilliant summary that synthesizes evidence-based research on best learning strategies, physiology, and brain health. www.journey.io Zero Effort.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Here are instructions for using Poll Everywhere to create an interactive story. What Happens in a Story…Happens in Your Brain. Also, here are step-by-step instructions for adding text right onto a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. What is Gamification?

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

When running a poll, thou shalt include all the options. We’ll just ignore the poll, and you’ll be left with skewed results. It also shows your boss that you have a brain and you’re not afraid to use it. If you explain how and why it matters , you’ll encourage the rest of us to be really helpful too.

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SmartUp

MARCH 16, 2022

We enjoy keeping our brains active and love a good brain teaser. Such games are also said to improve our brain health. Social psychologist Matt Baldwin says that this is something our brain is hard-wired to pursue and this keeps us coming back for more. Most of us need cognition. All answers should be encouraged.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It is in the process of learning to fend and defend — and avoid the grievous pain of disconnection — that our brain learns to hate. According to a recent NPR poll , more than 80 percent believe we’re angrier than a generation ago. Our brain doesn’t distinguish the source of the pain; it simply detects. What’s driving this?

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Kapp Notes

MAY 3, 2017

Research indicates that our brains grow when we make a mistake because it is a time of struggle. Our brains react with greater electrical activity when we make a mistake than when we are correct. If the character moved, the corresponding region of the brain for physical movement became active.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 12, 2018

She plugs a jack directly into her brain and downloads the skills. They live for the challenge that makes them draw upon as many parts of their brain as they can to pull the rabbit out of the hat. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, managers who cannot or will not provide feedback “fail to engage 98 percent of employees.”

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Big Dog, Little Dog

OCTOBER 2, 2009

6 Great Twitter Quiz and Polling Apps - Read Write Web. Learn what Jobs does to captivate his audience and how you can use his techniques (18 slides). storyboard the plot. offer Twitter-friendly headlines. introduce the antagonist. draw a roadmap. create visual slides. every 10 to 15 minutes, breaks up the content. share the stage.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 4, 2022

But have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain to turn all these weird symbols into meaning? How Do We Read? It’s Magic (Almost). You’re doing it right now. I bet you don’t even have to think about it. This video will teach you how to read all over again. What you’re doing right now is way more amazing than you ever realized.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Weekly Poll: HTML5 Vs Native Apps. This Is Your Brain On Metaphors. Our brains are wired to confuse the real and the symbolic. Read it here. HTML5 was one of the top trends of 2010 and one of the areas seeing increased use of HTML5 is mobile devices. Read it here. Read it here.

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Ed App

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Towards this end, microlearning platforms combine adaptive learning, brain science, and gamification to help employees recall and retain knowledge. Polls : The platforms have polls to receive feedback from employees on various aspects related to the organization. What is a microlearning platform?

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Ed App

MARCH 4, 2022

To prevent cognitive overload among learners – where the brain is forced to digest bulks of information – this platform applies microlearning into its lessons. Aside from presenting your training materials in an engaging way, EdApp also adopts the spaced repetition strategy with its Brain Boost feature. Brain Boost. Cost: Free.

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CourseArc

JUNE 28, 2017

Our brains are impressive computers, but they only have so much available memory, so every new piece of information we encounter is viewed through a relevance filter — the equivalent of our brain asking, “do I need to remember this” or “will this be on the test?”

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Elucidat

JUNE 23, 2023

Because what you’re doing is stimulating your mouse… Hurray for the mouse, but not so good for your brain.’’ Pondering, wondering, reflecting, considering, changing your mind, trying, failing, testing, doing… These are all interactions that aren’t happening on screen but in the brain.

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Mike Taylor

JULY 8, 2022

“When one looks at the scientific evidence about how the brain learns and at the design of our education system, one is forced to conclude that the system actively retards education.” BigPoll is a free quick poll maker platform with real-time results and modern UI. Daisy Christodoulou. Happy Friday! How was this week’s newsletter?

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STRIVR

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Virtually every workplace poll shows that employees prefer to work for companies and within cultures that encourage and support ongoing learning. People are eager to learn on the job. Yet, it’s the vast minority of employees — 36% — who feel they’ve been given the skills and training they need to succeed in the first place.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 24, 2012

Brandon Hall, the research firm based out of Delray Beach, FL, polled over 300 training professionals back in 2011 and found the top 2 reasons for using video in training – effectiveness and high engagement. She reminds trainers that our brain absorbs information in a fairly linear way. These two concepts seem to go hand in hand.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For example, VR and AR headsets enable students to witness the inner workings of blood vessels and the intricate structures of the brain. With the help of digital learning platforms like KITABOO, teachers can create interactive quizzes, polls, multiple choice questions, true or false exercises, and a variety of other assessments.

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STRIVR

MARCH 31, 2023

Virtually every workplace poll shows that employees prefer to work for companies and within cultures that encourage and support ongoing learning. People are eager to learn on the job. Yet, it’s the vast minority of employees — 36% — who feel they’ve been given the skills and training they need to succeed in the first place.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Educational publishers can include assessments like quizzes, word clouds, MCQs, polls, true and false, etc., For instance, VR-based simulations make it possible for students to look at the intricate structure of the human brain or the pumping of the heart when studying biology. in educational materials.

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