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Booming tech sends L&D back to basics

CLO Magazine

For learning professionals to bloom through the boom, reexamining our root system and turning to the sun are needed. Technology and scientific advancements are also accelerating what we know about the brain and how it works. Turn to the sun Light illuminates what works and dispels what does not.

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Did AI Just Make a Great Leap-Forward with ChatGPT?

Learningtogo

Copernicus rewrote cosmology by claiming that the Earth rotates around the Sun. Darwin and Wallace formulated the theory of natural selection. The fMRI revealed how the brain actually works, dispelling many learning “theories” that are now just historical anecdotes. Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electrical.

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Are You Ready for the Great Eclipse?

Learningtogo

A wonderful accident has placed our moon at just the right distance from the Earth so that when it gets between the Sun and the Earth we perceive the moon as completely blocking out the Sun. Total eclipses have been considered omens of great events since our earliest ancestors. It passed.).

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Classical and Rigorous

Clark Quinn

Theories change. We used to believe that the sun circled the earth, and that the world was flat. More relevantly, we used to have management theories that optimized using people as machines. And, let me add, these old practices are not aligned with what we know about how our brains work. Am I missing something?

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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. Take away : Cognitive load theory provides valuable insights into how various factors impact our ability to effectively use our working memory resources Learn more → Slow Ideas Some innovations spread fast.

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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! These elements are grounded in psychological and marketing theories and ensure your message captures attention and influences behavior. So here’s to laughing more, stressing less, and embracing the journey. Thanks for reading! What are YOU listening too today?

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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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