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Tips for Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

These are my live blogged notes from the InSync Training Byte session “Once Upon a Time, Storytelling WAS Learning” by Tom Campbell and Karin Rex. Why don’t we just give learners a book and command them to read and learn? Brains switch off when we see a slide full of bullet points. Brain Rules by John Medina.

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Why are Scary Movies so Much Fun?

Learningtogo

If you review the list of the top-grossing movies of all time, you’ll see a similar list. Somewhere along the line, we’ve learned to turn our greatest fears into entertainment. Is there some mechanism in the brain that encourages us to turn our fear of manmade and natural disasters into blockbuster films?

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise Learning? by Paul on January 7, 2011 in LMS (Learning Management System) , social learning People love to learn. It’s true.

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise Learning? by Paul on January 7, 2011 in LMS (Learning Management System) , social learning People love to learn. It’s true.

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Story Research, UX, Resumes: ID Links 1/20/22

Experiencing eLearning

This post includes links on research on how stories improve learning, UX, transforming teacher resumes, adaptive learning, AI voices, and animation. Research summary: How stories improve learning. Daniel Willingham summarizes some of the research on how stories can improve learning. Adaptive learning. Laws of UX.

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What does the 80's movie WarGames tell us about learning games?

Integrated Learnings

I recently watched the 1980's movie WarGames with my son. As a dad, I often use movies like that as an opportunity to teach something new to my son. This computer, known as WOPR , plays the game Global Thermonuclear War continuously so that it can learn the best way to win (should the Russians attack). is a learning opportunity.

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Something all learning pro’s should do

E-Learning Provocateur

Learn a language. By going outside of your comfort zone, you stimulate your brain into new realms. Now YOU are the one on a steep learning curve. I think it stemmed from my love of history and my desire to understand what the enemy soldiers were saying in the movies. Constructivism, connectivism and informal learning.

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