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Effective eLearning Content Development to prevent Cognitive Overload

Thinkdom

Did you know that the human brain can only process about four pieces of information at a time? This means that when we are exposed to too much information, we experience cognitive overload, which hinders our learning and retention. This is what cognitive overload feels like. There are three types of cognitive load: 1.

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The Learning and Forgetting Curve: How to Make eLearning Memorable

TalentLMS

Visuals and auditory stimulation activates the brain to focus and process these information signals and make sense out of them. When we sleep, the dendrites (brain cells) grow and branch and connect to older dendrites, enhancing information connectivity. Divide a large volume of content into sections in eLearning. The culprit?

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8 Ways To Simplify Complex Concepts In Online Training

eFront

This will help you improve knowledge retention and your corporate eLearning ROI. Employees usually react to bulky text blocks in one of two ways: They either click away as soon as they spot the daunting wall of text or they try to absorb as much information as possible, which in turn results in cognitive overload.

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Aligning Learning

Clark Quinn

Last week, at Online Educa in Berlin, I gave a tutorial on deeper elearning as a pre-conference event. Yet the need to respect how our brains work is a continuum. Our brains learn in particular ways that are unaffected by the curricular needs. Thus we need to be as aware of cognition in our designing as in our design.

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Why Adults Should Love Game-Based Learning

Knowledge Guru

It implies a cognitive and affective absorption that goes beyond mere attention and focus and encapsulates a love of what one is doing. Most of us love to interact with others; it stimulates the emotional part of our brain. LearningWorks for Kids even created a new term for the combination of engagement and games: engamement.

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A Look Back At The Years Best From Learning Science And Instructional Design

Mike Taylor

The spacing effect is a far more effective way to learn and retain information that works with our brain instead of against it. Simplifying Cognitive Load Theory. Adam Boxer ( @adamboxer1 ) takes a stab and simplifying the cognitive load theory. Battling the Bandwidth of your Brain. Good Brain, Bad Brain: Basics.

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Friday Finds — Cognitive Bias, Emotional Intelligence, Online Slide Sharing

Mike Taylor

What I’m Listening To: The Wallows is another discovery that I’ve made courtesy of my “official music consultant” (my daughter) Last Week’s Most Clicked: Using Images in Visual Design News & Notes Cognitive Bias Cheatsheet Our brains use cognitive biases as a way to save energy and cognitive resources.