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Best Practices to Ensure Successful Custom e-Learning Development

Infopro Learning

This article will dig deeper into the various pointers to consider when customizing content for e-learning. Include real-life scenarios and cognitive theories so that the learners can associate themselves with the facts and situations. According to a report by Business Wire, The Global Corporate E-Learning market accounted for $14.23

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In Defense of Cognitive Psychology

Clark Quinn

So here’s a response, in defense of cognitive psychology. is in Cognitive Psychology, so I may be defensive and biased, but I’ll try to present scrutable evidence. Stephen Downes responded to Donald’s article with a short piece. Take, for example, cognitive load. The caveat is that my Ph.D.

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eLearning Skills 2030: Outsmarting Cognitive Biases

eLearning Industry

The human brain thinks in particular ways that can prompt decisions and actions that are not based on rational judgments. Understanding cognitive biases is a critical skill for the workforce because it can facilitate better decision-making. This article discusses cognitive biases and remedies.

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Situated Cognition

Clark Quinn

In a recent article , I wrote about three types of cognition that are changing how we think about how we think (how meta!). I think it’s important to understand these cognitions, and their implications. First, I want to talk about situated cognition. First, I want to talk about situated cognition.

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A Cognitive Audit?

Clark Quinn

In the recent Chief Learning Officer magazine, I wrote an article on the basics of the cognitive science of learning. And therefore, I reckon L&D needs to know the cognitive background. Knowing a suitable level of cognitive science is one thing, using that to assess your practices is another. But there’s more.

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Useful cognitive overhead

Clark Quinn

And I’ve realized there’s another way I leverage cognitive overhead. A famous cognitive science article talked about how diagrams are representations that map conceptual relationships to spatial ones, to use the power of our visual system to facilitate comprehension. As background, I diagram.

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eLearning: Want Learners to Retain Data? Reduce Anxiety

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

A quick Google search for "positive affect and cognitive process" will turn up countless scholarly articles and university articles on the subject. In summary: research shows that emotion has the ability to influence cognitive processes like problem solving and attention, among others. by AJ Walther.

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