Making Change

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here’s what four cognitive psychologists concluded: “The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is, in our opinion, striking and disturbing. If you had time to evaluate the research on learning styles, what would you conclude?

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Making Change

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here’s what four cognitive psychologists concluded: “The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is, in our opinion, striking and disturbing. If you had time to evaluate the research on learning styles, what would you conclude?

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 13, 2013

Next we looked at two meta-analysis studies that indicated that games can be powerful learning tools. A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. Here is a slide deck that references many of the slides and research from this session. Sitzmann, T. Wouters, P., van Nimwegen, C.,

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

The study is called “Video Game Training Enhances Cognition of Older Adults: A Meta-Analytic Study.” ” The main aim of the meta-analytic study was to investigate the extent to which cognitive training with video games enhances cognitive functions in healthy older adults (age 60 and older).

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Learnnovators

MARCH 29, 2014

That’s why Instructional Design Guru defines terms from Instructional Design, Cognitive Psychology, Social Media, Multimedia, Technology and Law. that creates high-level training designs based on the results of Allen’s proprietary Answer rapid needs analysis, thereby empowering learning designers to build engaging and impactful courses.

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The Learning Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Why enable people who have disabilities relating to hearing, vision, mobility, or cognition to access the training that your organization provides? It’s sometimes referred to as web-based training, sometimes as online training. We don’t have anyone who is blind or hard-of-hearing or who has cognitive impairments.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

To Learn more about gamification, check out these books: References. A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. Working together and achieving a goal is the winning state of cooperative gamification. Cantador, I. & & Conde, J.M. & Tor, A. Psychological Science. Volume 20, No.

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Paradiso

JANUARY 31, 2025

Traditional training methods often rely on retrospective analysis, but with AI predictive analytics, organizations can proactively identify learning gaps, forecast employee performance, and personalize training paths. What is Predictive Learning Analytics?

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

ADDIE (Analysis Design Development Implementation). The ADDIE model is an acronym: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. A small unit of a larger piece of learning content is referred to as a chunk. Cognitive Load. Face to face training refers to the in-person elements of instructor-led training.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 27, 2012

Reducing cognitive load – don’t want the learner thinking about how to get through the program, want them expending their cognitive load on the content… Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett – the layers that go into user design ( [link] ) When something doesn’t work in classroom training, you know immediately.

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Association eLearning

JUNE 22, 2016

Target Learner Analysis (Choosing Your Pokémon Team). Cognitive Load (Number of Skills). At its most basic, cognitive load refers to how much information a learner can process at one time. From target learner analysis to gamification, there’s a lot to consider. It’s our job to help them make that a reality.

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Hurix Digital

MAY 4, 2025

Instructional design refers to the process of designing instructional and educational material. Gagnes 9 Events Gagnes 9 Events model, rooted in cognitive psychology principles, outlines a structured approach to instructional design that enhances learning and retention.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The classic cognitive chunk of recall 7 +/- 2 tidbits of information. Rapid Task Analysis (RTA) TM (Conrad Gottfredson) identify the tasks a performer must complete in order to complete specific work-flow processes Conceptual information a performer must understand in order to generalize and complete tasks effectively.

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eFront

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Is the content organization violating the cognitive overload theory (providing too much information in one screen). This is the most crucial step in training analysis and planning phase. Needless to say, the Corporate Training Strategy is a result of extensive research and analysis and rigorous peer reviewed document.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 1, 2018

Experts are less likely to have problems with cognitive load from sorting through multiple pieces of information in a scenario. Note that “immediate” here refers to when the learner receives the feedback, not how quick the results would happen in real life. Novices may need more instructional feedback than experts.

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WhatFix

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Employee Training Cognitive Learning: History, Functions, Benefits, Applications Published: October 3, 2024 Updated: October 3, 2024 Samantha Rohn Throughout our lives, we constantly learn new things, whether learning to read as a child or expanding arsenals of professional skills as adults. What Is Cognitive Learning?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 29, 2016

Do instructional designers or learning experience designers need to know how to use development tools, or should they focus just on analysis and design? Psychology, cognitive science, graphic design, usability, and other fields also overlap with instructional design.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Experts are less likely to have problems with cognitive load from sorting through multiple pieces of information in a scenario. Note that “immediate” here refers to when the learner receives the feedback, not how quickly the results would happen in real life. Novices may need more instructional feedback than experts.

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Infopro Learning

JULY 27, 2023

Amidst this dynamic landscape, an unwavering and essential design principle remains – Instructional Design (ID), now often referred to as Learning Experience Designer. It begins with a meticulous analysis of learners’ needs and objectives, followed by the design and development of instructional materials.

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Ed App

JULY 17, 2019

There are various aspects of the Cognitive Learning Theory (CLT) all of which are important to consider when studying the cognition of individuals. The CLT is credited to Educational Psychologist, Jean Piaget, and is useful in the analysis of the relationship between mental processes and factors, both internal and external.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2010

I am putting some of my favorite sites from the list here for reference. Orgnet.com : Social network analysts.also look at their blog: The Network Thinker Quinnovation : wonderful resource site on games, mobile learning, performance support, content models--all based on sound cognitive background, vast technology and business experience.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 14, 2017

Cognitive Load. If so, you probably reached your maximum cognitive load. Cognitive load is the amount of mental activity exerted on your working memory at any one time. To help ease the cognitive load on your learners, Connie Malamed suggests two things instructional designers can focus on to free working memory capacity.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 29, 2014

That’s why Instructional Design Guru defines terms from Instructional Design, Cognitive Psychology, Social Media, Multimedia, Technology and Law. that creates high-level training designs based on the results of Allen’s proprietary Answer rapid needs analysis, thereby empowering learning designers to build engaging and impactful courses.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

She made some important contributions to his stages of cognitive development theory (which will be featured in greater depth in some upcoming articles on this blog). It could be argued that these decisions were made because of Inhelder and Piaget''s cognitive stages theory. References Donaldson, M. 1987) Children''s Minds.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The twitter chat had a series of questions, so I’ll address them here (with a caveat that our learning really hasn’t changed, our wetware hasn’t evolved in the past decade and won’t again in the next; our support of learning is what I’m referring to here): 1. There are reasons I wrote those books :).

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Magic EdTech

MARCH 2, 2020

While most of us know Bloom’s taxonomy but for the benefit of others, Bloom’s Taxonomy is the systematic classification of the processes of thinking and learning.Benjamin Bloom and his fellow educationists identified three dimensions of educational activities: Cognitive (Knowledge), skills (psychomotor) and Attitude.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

A number of years ago, I wrote a paper about design, some of the barriers our cognitive architecture provides, and some heuristics I used to get around them. As I mentioned in the post series, this approach asks what you’d design if you had magic (and referred to the famous Arthur C. Clarke quote ).

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Some of the insights gleaned from her adds depth to my analysis. I often refer to this sense-making model because it provides a simple yet powerful heuristic for evaluating where we stand in relation to other contexts. Cognitive diversity is what helps us to make sense in the Complex zone.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 23, 2014

Reduce cognitive load. and a ton of cool references to great and interesting books. see his references at page 1 slide 1). Again references to great literature (slide 1 page 2). They also explained their 8 principles, here they are: Do not interfere with performance. Be user sensitive. Have a call for action.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 7, 2025

It could be visual, physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive, or even a learning disability that puts them at a disadvantage. Accessible publishing removes barriers and provides equal access for individuals with visual motor and cognitive impairments. This can be a reference point for employees working on accessible content.

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Learning Pool

JUNE 17, 2022

As Catherine Harmer, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Oxford, said, “We’re all unique… kind of like a fingerprint.”. Neurodiversity has now become an umbrella term, and indeed a movement encouraging the celebration and respect of a distinct set of cognitive differences.

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SHIFT eLearning

MAY 22, 2014

Such practice avoids cognitive overload and ensures all the most important information fits within the time restraints. Once developers complete the analysis, they may like to ask an SME to review their choice of content. Step Two: Determining Learning Objectives. I t provides a well-designed structure to plan learning objectives.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Simplifying Cognitive Load Theory. Adam Boxer ( @adamboxer1 ) takes a stab and simplifying the cognitive load theory. John Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) may be the single most important thing for teachers to know, but it was not necessarily designed with teachers in mind. Battling the Bandwidth of your Brain. Good stuff.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 19, 2015

A number of meta-analysis studies have been conducted in the field of game-based learning attempting to create generalizable findings that can be used to select and create meaningful educational and instructional game experiences. References: Hays, R. A qualitative meta-analysis of computer games as learning tools. discussion.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

For the role of learning , chatbots can support employees by providing continuous feedback and help improve their skills; for assisting, chatbots can simplify employees’ life by looking up relevant information; for mentoring, chatbots can support self-regulated learning and meta-cognitive learning.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

Before I plunge into the heart of my analysis and discussion, I want to share a couple of snippets on Networked Learning from Wikipedia. ( [link] ). refers to three kinds of presence within a Community of Inquiry: teaching presence , social presence and cognitive presence. I am looking for inputs from my network.

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Hurix Digital

MAY 7, 2025

Automated Skill Analysis ML can identify skill gaps through detailed data analysis. Predictive Maintenance ML algorithms can conduct proactive analysis and resolve many potential technical issues. Refinement based on user feedback helps ensure that course recommendations dont stagnate over time.

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