LearnDash

APRIL 3, 2018

As it turns out, psychology—particularly cognitive psychology—has a lot of valuable lessons for e-learning. Spaced repetition shifts the focus off the ideas you already know and narrows your attention onto those you don’t. Knowledge emotions. For instance, “awe” might be one of the more complex knowledge emotions to trigger.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Cognitive Accessibility Guidance identifies eight objectives to reduce barriers for people with cognitive, intellectual, and learning disabilities, as well as neurodivergent (or neurologically different) individuals. Cognitive Accessibility Guidance The Cognitive Accessibility Guidance is organized under eight objectives.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This flexibility not only enhances engagement but also ensures better retention and application of knowledge. It also involves designing content with clear language, readable fonts, and color-contrast settings to improve accessibility for those with cognitive differences.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 27, 2014

If you want to have effective learning engagement, in gamification or any type of learning, you need to consider carefully how to grab and hold the learner’s attention. Mode 1: Cognitive interactivity or interpretative participation. Building a common knowledge base. (pp. Building a common knowledge base. (pp.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 14, 2022

However, there’s been too little attention. Overall, it’s too easy to focus purely on the cognitive. Worse, of course, is a focus purely on knowledge , which really isn’t good ID). Even before we open them up cognitively (though, of course, they’re linked)!

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

” It’s a deliberately provocative title, meant to draw attention and cause controversy. A more accurate title would be “Some Games Aren’t Effective at Making People Remember Content,” but that’s a lot less likely to grab attention. By requiring learners to explore (or slog though, in my opinion!)

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

I'm at the ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Conference in San Jose, California. Let's start with attention. How long is the avg attention span? But there's really not a practical limit to our attention span if we WANT to pay attention. Higher cognitive load in one group vs. the other who had easy math tasks.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 28, 2020

Shortened to be appropriate for millennials or the attention span of a goldfish. Quiz show templates for knowledge test questions because they’re more engaging. It’s not about knowledge itself, but only in service of achieving better ability to make decisions. And all of these would be wrong.

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KnowledgeOne

AUGUST 27, 2020

In a previous article , we discussed the Pygmalion effect, a cognitive bias that can interfere with the teacher-learner relationship and have significant effects on learning. However, of the 250 or so cognitive biases known to date, it is not the only one that deserves special attention in education. Cognitive bias, in short.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Cognitivism: Learning is a process of acquiring and structuring knowledge. In other words, cognitivism focuses an gaining knowledge and then thinking about it. Much of cognitive learning theory focuses on the mechanics of memory and the mapping of new information to preexisting mental schema. Individuals are complex.

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The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

There are four elements to motivating eLearning course learners: gaining attention, making it relevant, developing confidence and attaining satisfaction. 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.

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Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

better understand how people learn and/or how to design, develop, and deliver learning experiences that have a better chance of helping employees learn, acquiring essential knowledge and (most importantly) developing necessary job skills. In this Instructional Design Basics article, we’re going to look at the issue of cognitive load.

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KnowledgeOne

JULY 14, 2020

We are all quite familiar with the phenomenon of optical illusions, but less so with the phenomenon of cognitive biases. These mental shortcuts that allow the brain to simplify information processing are inevitable, but we can learn to detect them better, starting with a better knowledge of them. The underside of cognitive bias.

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Docebo

JULY 8, 2021

For organizations, the ability to formalize the informal knowledge that exists within their ranks (and rewarding their best contributors for doing so) boosts engagement and encourages more knowledge sharing. Consider the impact that lack of knowledge retention could have on your organization. What is social learning?

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Instancy

APRIL 27, 2025

Subject matter experts (SMEs) often provide comprehensive content, but simply displaying pages of text on the screen leads to cognitive overload, low engagement, and poor retention. Use visual cues (bold, color, callouts) to draw attention to essential points, but avoid overusing emphasis to prevent clutter.

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Origin Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Here is where they need support from people and the culture around them to give them enough thrust to bring their ideas into the open and share whatever knowledge they have. Intangibility.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If your cup s full, there's no room for more information/knowledge. The human brain can't do more than one thing cognitively at one time. It's not your retention, it's your ATTENTION. It will cost your attention, that's it. No single knowledge holder, lower stress, higher flexibility. F = Forget. M = methods.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 12, 2020

Deal with people by their knowledge and background. Their cognitive architecture isn’t fundamentally different; evolution doesn’t work that fast. Let’s focus on design that addresses capturing and maintaining attention and motivation, and communicating in clear and compelling ways.

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KnowledgeOne

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Test your knowledge by answering the following five questions. A) The degree of attention, vigilance, alertness and concentration. The post The Fascinating Memory: Test Your Knowledge! Do you know the characteristics of long-term memory and short-term memory? Do you understand the factors that influence the memory process?

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We have good prescriptions, but we too infrequently pay attention to them. When we pay attention to what learning science tells us, however, we can do better. Still, cognitive science and design practices give us guidance there, as needed. While there are times when the ability to recall knowledge is important (e.g.

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EduPivot Knowledge Center

APRIL 10, 2025

Instead of training design with controlled stress to heighten attention and improve memory formation, many learning professionals default to overly simplified approaches that priortize comfort over cognitive engagement. Real-world simulation training naturally introduces the type of stress that focuses attention and boosts retention.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 10, 2021

The first one is pretty blatant: There are numerous resources that suggest our attention spans are shrinking. Some might even claim we now have an average attention span of only 8 seconds, which equals that of a goldfish. The followup says: “Repetition, practice, and reinforcement can increase knowledge.”

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Infopro Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A digitally-oriented, company-wide training initiative needs the attention of the C-Suite to ensure effortless execution and actual results. Top-level attention will influence how managers and employees approach each program, resulting in increased involvement and interest. It goes beyond just signing the paperwork.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 24, 2020

It’s like the claim that we’ve dropped to the ‘attention span of a goldfish’ to argue for shorter ads, learning, etc. First, how do you measure the attention span of a goldfish? More importantly, how would we evolutionarily change our cognitive architecture in the span of a few years? Yeah, that.).

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 10, 2018

Microlearning reduces cognitive overload and improves knowledge retention. Then end the online session with a final assessment to test knowledge comprehension. Convert bullet-lists, walkthroughs, and other text-based eLearning content into engaging infographics to enhance knowledge retention.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2017

People are busy, attention spans are smaller than ever, and there are meetings to attend and emails to respond to. Loading your learner up with too much information, results in cognitive overload, slowing down the transfer of information into long term memory. The post Microlearning, Mega Results appeared first on Knowledge Direct.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 18, 2016

Learning trends such as mobile, gamification, game-based learning, performance support, use of learning science and interactive video are all attempts to capture learner attention and engage them on a deeper level. With so many distractions to compete with, learner attention comes at a premium.

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ReadyTech

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Cognitive load theory has some answers. Plus, our brains can get overwhelmed by too much information (or “cognitive overload”). Cognitive Load Theory: Understanding How Much We Can Handle Cognitive load theory explains that our brains have a limited capacity for processing information. Let’s break it down.

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KnowledgeOne

AUGUST 18, 2022

Test your knowledge on the topic by answering the following five questions. In the social-cognitive theory of psychologist Albert Bandura, this process at the root of human development and behaviour is called “modelling” or vicarious experience. Finally, do you believe that we can learn through observation? True or false?

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KnowledgeOne

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Do you know that teachers need to be particularly wary of certain cognitive biases? Test your knowledge by answering the following five questions. Which of the following statements about attention is incorrect? A) At the brain level, attention is the act of favouring a particular group of neurons at the expense of others.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 12, 2021

In 1975, a Hungarian-American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, identified a cognitive state of high focus and productivity which he named “flow.” The concept of flow, also described as a state of “effortless attention” was nothing new, but Csikszentmihalyi’s research kicked off a surge of interest in the idea.

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KnowledgeOne

MAY 10, 2023

Test your knowledge by answering the following five questions. C) VR can be used as a physical therapy and rehabilitation tool; it can be integrated into the treatment of some psychological issues and can be used to stimulate the cognitive abilities of older people with mild cognitive impairment. True or false?

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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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Infopro Learning

JULY 27, 2023

Employees’ expectations have undergone notable transformations, particularly regarding when and where they work and how they acquire knowledge, which is still in flux. Each element is crucial in crafting an experience that aligns with the workforce’s brand. What Are Some Instructional Design Models?

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 2, 2022

We all accept that design simplicity is critical to the exchange of knowledge. Their role is to have complete knowledge of a topic to ensure the wheels go ’round and ’round. Their knowledge helps the organization perform at its level best. They have a head full of knowledge. Our SMEs have a different role.

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Using Attentional Cues. Empirical evidence suggests that adding attentional cues in the instructor behavior guides learners’ visual attention and thus improves their learning performance in video lectures. Attentional cues provide non? Why are attentional cues beneficial for learning?

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KnowledgeOne

MARCH 6, 2024

Are you familiar with the cognitive processes of attention, working memory, inhibition, and metacognition? To satisfy your curiosity and enhance your learning, here are five surprising and useful facts about some of our cognitive processes. 2008; Klingberg, 2010; Klingberg et al. 2005; McNab et al., 2009; Olesen et al.,

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