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This is Your Brain on eLearning/Online Learning

TOPYX LMS

eLearning, also known as online learning, isn’t just good for a company’s bottom line; it is also excellent for the human brain. This is Your Brain on eLearning/Online Learning. A brain that regularly participates in online learning is a happy brain. Here’s why: Online learning happens over a period of time.

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Your Lazy Brain – Finding the Path of Least Resistance

Learningtogo

Basically, the idea is that our brains naturally look for the easiest path to our destination, so over time users of a system will show the designers where the formal pathways should be. In the background, while you were selecting the blue suit, your brain was already tagging your second choice as a backup plan.

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Are you voting with your lizard brain?

Learningtogo

With a national election getting closer and closer, I find myself thinking about our political system and the increasingly divisive tone of policy debate today.

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Beyond Industrial Age Thinking

Clark Quinn

I’ve long maintained that our organizational practices are too often misaligned with how our brains really work. The advent of the digital computer, a general purpose information system, is a natural next step. If we want to truly apply learning science to the design of instruction, we have to understand our brains.

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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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What is Learning Experience Design?

eLearningMind

That’s why the LxD process includes a lot of time getting into the brains of learners: figuring out what their needs are, what motivates them, and how to keep them engaged. Is the learner working on a corporate intranet or Learning Management System? When developing eLearning for a client, the best LxDs consider a learner’s ecosystem.

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Deploy brain-friendly leadership models in your organization

CLO Magazine

As a result, organizations end up with relatively complex models that lack a clear connection to the business objectives, do not mesh with existing talent systems and seldom influence leaders’ behaviors. According to our data, the key is to design brain-friendly leadership models that help leaders answer three questions. Question No.

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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.