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Creating Better Content with Lessons Learned from Brain Research

CourseArc

from Brain Research. The brain is arguably one of the most complex organs of the body, and one we still do not fully understand. Understanding the brain helps us understand learning. What we know about how the brain functions has advanced by leaps and bounds since the 1990s (dubbed the Decade of the Brain by the U.S.

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Tips for Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Brains switch off when we see a slide full of bullet points. Our brains are active for language processing but nothing else. When we hear stories, our brains light up all over–we experience a story as if we were part of it. Our brains are wired to learn from stories. Conflict/problem. Why do stories work?

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How to Learn about Learning Science

Experiencing eLearning

I also read the Learning and the Brain blog , although that focuses more on education than workplace training. While conferences can be a mixed bag, my own experience mirrors what Judy Katz shared on Twitter in response to a dismissive comment about people “basing their knowledge on conference speakers and not valid research.”

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5 Learning Myths, Debunked

LearnDash

The problem is that many of these myths seem perfectly acceptable, so we accept them uncritically. You’re either “right-brained” or “left-brained.”. Many of those who have read the descriptions of being right- or left-brained have come to identify with those descriptions strongly. Learning gets harder as you grow older.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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

Learningtogo

A few weeks ago, I had a problem to solve and it was something of an emergency. Thought leader and President of the eLearning Guild , David Kelly, would say that I experienced a shift from waiting for someone to solve a problem, to just finding the resources and solving it myself. Solving Problems is the Essence of Learning.

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Ruth Clark Claims “Games Don’t Teach”

Experiencing eLearning

an irrelevant treasure hunt, you’re adding cognitive load or at the least distracting the brain from the content. It seems likely to me that putting the material in a more relevant context, such as using your knowledge of pathogens to protect patients in a hospital, would have changed the results of the study.

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