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ID and eLearning Links 9/24/19

Experiencing eLearning

Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live – Issue 75: Story – Nautilus How stories are critical to how humans understand the world (and how they can sometimes lead us to draw faulty conclusions). A fundamental prerequisite for pattern recognition is the ability to quickly distinguish between similar but not identical inputs.

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Digital Instructional Media Design 101 – Principles Of Gestalt Psychology

Upside Learning

To put it simply, the theory refers to how visual input is perceived by humans. When looking at a complex arrangement of individual elements, our brains tend to look for a single, recognizable pattern. Your brain looks for a recognizable pattern. Look at these examples. Let’s begin with the laws now: 1.

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How to Think Like a Cat

Learningtogo

It usually refers to trying to manage chaotic events. The cerebral cortex of cats also exhibits an almost constant state of alpha mode , a brain wave pattern believed to indicate empathetic and intuitive thought in humans and other animals, valuable traits in any organization, if leveraged properly. Read on and you’ll see.

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How Mental Schemas Affect Learner Outcomes

LearnDash

Simply put, a mental schema is a framework our brain uses to organize and store information. Provide multiple reference points to touch on as many experiences as possible. Because Chess has strict rules governing the way the board is set up and the pieces move, boards tend to arrange themselves in a set number of patterns.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.

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A-Z of Digital Learning

The Learning Rooms

Refers to collections of data that are too large or complex to be processed using traditional applications. Big data can reveal patterns, trends, and associations in learners and performance. A learning theory which considers how the brain receives, processes and stores information. Behaviourism. Cognitivism. Cybersecurity.

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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. References Yang, G., Sleep deprivation is nothing uncommon anymore.