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eLearning & Training: How Long is Too Long?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

" In their excellent article,  The 'Change-Up' in Lectures , Middendorf and Kalish found that after three to five minutes of 'settling down' at the start of class, a lapse of attention usually occurred 10 to 18 minutes later. I have been teaching classes for nearly 30 years (both online and in-person).

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eLearning: Attention, Attention!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

"  In my  eLearning 101: Introduction to eLearning  class, I discuss learner attention span and refer often to the domestic goldfish. In my class, I tell attendees that typical human attention spans are between 12 and 15 seconds. Of course not, that would be silly. 15 seconds!

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The Flipped Learning Revolution — Coming to a Brain Near You?

Dashe & Thomson

Instead, instructors can deliver lectures via YouTube as homework, and then spend the next day in class helping their pupils work through sticking-points. Using this tool, instructors can track in real-time the progress being made by every individual in the class.

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TEACHING LIVE, ONLINE CLASSES: Asking Review Questions

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

The purpose of the overhead question is to review material you have already delivered or covered in the class. Learning begins when we ask our brain to remember. It’s as if only at that moment does our brain tag that bit of knowledge or that new skill as something to move into long-term memory. Something to actually LEARN.

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What Can eLearning Learn from “7 Ways Video Games Reward the Brain?”

Integrated Learnings

A few weeks ago, a colleague pointed me to a recent talk, “ 7 Ways Video Games Reward the Brain ,” presented by Tom Chatfield. Making that progress bar visible to others in the class could allow learners to identify peers they can turn to with questions, or offer a facilitator a way to easily view learners’ progress in a course. --2--

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4 Lessons from Digital Learning – How Digital Learning is Transforming Our World and Rewiring our Brains

Learningtogo

The same brain that can be such a remarkable, proactive learning machine can become lazy and passive – particularly if passivity and conformity are rewarded generation after generation. Your brain is constantly predicting future outcomes and evaluating their likelihood. Your brain is like a heat-seeking missile.

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Finally! A Brain-Based Consultative Sales Program

Learningtogo

Classes begin in October. . Consultative Sales Certification (CSC) is not about testing in the traditional sense. Instead, we focus on developing sales capability and performance that is based on neuroscience and customized for your team.