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eLearning Weekly
OCTOBER 9, 2009
This article, by Eric Matas, is the first of a three part series on the Psychology of Elearning. Designers love a little cognitive load theory. Any glimpse into the brains of learners sparks a trainer’s curiosity. Cognitive psychology certainly aims to give trainers such a look inside the brain. Thanks, Eric!!
Experiencing eLearning
JULY 2, 2024
I share these links about once a month here on my blog. Prompting tips for working with AI What We Learned from a Year of Building with LLMs (Part I) A detailed article with lessons learned about working with LLMs like ChatGPT. Plus, they don’t require much additional time, effort, or resources once you learn how to write them.
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Experiencing eLearning
MAY 8, 2012
Ruth Clark posted at ASTD an article titled “ Why Games Don’t Teach.” However, I think Clark didn’t do a very careful review of the literature before writing her post, and I don’t think that one study is enough for her to make such a broad claim dismissing games for learning.
Learningtogo
MAY 25, 2016
Neuroscience has discovered what psychology long suspected – our brain doesn’t really perform multiple cognitive tasks at the same time. Repeated multi-tasking could even be causing physical damage to your brain. I actually started writing this particular post about three months ago. The idea is a simple one.
Convergence Training
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
From time to time, we run an article in our Instructional Design Basics series to help you learning designers out there (whatever you call yourself…instructional designers, learning experience designers, learning engineers, etc.) In this Instructional Design Basics article, we’re going to look at the issue of cognitive load.
The Learning Rooms
APRIL 11, 2025
A framework for developing learning outcomes which vary in cognitive complexity under the skills of recall, understand, apply, analyse, evaluate, and create. C Cognitive Load. Cognitive Overload. A learning theory which considers how the brain receives, processes and stores information. B Blended Learning. Cognitivism.
The Performance Improvement Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
A New York Times article by Benedict Carey that I cited in my recent blog post about learning styles, also addresses the value of causing the brain to re-examine content that had been learned but then forgotten. Carey writes: No one knows for sure why.
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