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The Planet Captivate Blog – Cognitive Load

Adobe Captivate

However, one topic that Jim has helped me to better understand is that of cognitive load. Since Jim’s and my first discussion about cognitive load, I’ve challenged myself to dive into learning more about it, specifically, proactively targeting a learner’s cognitive load while developing eLearning content. Instant messaging.

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Twitter’s Impact on Your Brain-Same as Bilingualism

Kapp Notes

“Bilingual people aren’t cognitively smarter, but they are more cognitively flexible,” she added. Practice at constant switching improves an aspect of their cognitive abilities. They become more facile at adjusting to new situations and inventing new situations.”.

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A Brief History of Instructional Design

Origin Learning

He identified three principal domains of learning: Cognitive (what one knows or thinks), Psychomotor (what one does, physically) and Affective (what one feels, or what attitudes one has). Behavioral objectives got another boost when in 1956, Bloomberg Benjamin and his colleagues developed the “Taxonomy of EducationalObjectives”.

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Cognition, Synesthesia, Story Telling, Webinars, Strategy, & Six Degrees

Big Dog, Little Dog

A new model has arisen over the past decade, in which visual cognition is understood not as a camera but something more like a flashlight beam sweeping a twilit landscape. At any particular instant, we can only see detail and color in the small patch we are concentrating on. How magicians control your mind - Boston Globe.

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Managing Multilingual Workforce Learning Programs: Tips and Strategies

Hurix Digital

Communicating in one’s native tongue increases the likelihood of increased engagement, as employees no longer have to use their cognitive energies to focus on interpreting the content rather than understanding it. According to a study, 75% of employees stated they’d misinterpreted an email or instant message at work.

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The Social Learning Revolution in eLearning

TalentLMS

Social learning is an age-old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists. Social learning theory: The social learning theorists Bandura and Walters have described this theory as follows: · Learning is not purely behavioral; rather, it is a cognitive process that takes place in a social context.

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The Shift from Static to Multimedia Communication

eLearningMind

Instant messages with embedded links, videos, and photos. They’re constantly looking for the fastest ways through information and for any method that reduces cognitive work on their part. If you’re stumped for how to make your communications go from static to creative, here are some things to get you started: Videos.