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eLearning & Training: How Long is Too Long?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

I have been teaching classes for nearly 30 years (both online and in-person). In her article,  Keeping Pace with Today's Quick Brains ,  Kathie F. I know what you're thinking: 15-20 seconds is not enough time to teach anything. Keeping my students engaged (and awake) has always been a top concern.

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Ruth Clark Claims “Games Don’t Teach”

Experiencing eLearning

Ruth Clark posted at ASTD an article titled “ Why Games Don’t Teach.” Gee, that “under two hours” point seems like an important limitation of the research, maybe one that should have been mentioned by Clark when claiming that games have no value and “don’t teach.”

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Best Practices to Ensure Successful Custom e-Learning Development

Infopro Learning

1 E-learning platforms are undoubtedly the most engaging and effective mediums for training and teaching employees. Besides, easy-to-understand language and breaking up the modules into small chapters make it easy to learn the concepts and retain the same in their brains for a long time. billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $49.87

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Break Out the Crayons – Your Brain Needs to Color!

Learningtogo

There are many practical benefits of teaching children about colors: They learn to recognize patterns and objects in the world around them. They get to express themselves artistically, which can help improve self-confidence and stimulates multiple parts of the brain. You probably remember coloring as a child.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks?

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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. Never ask out a “10”.

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Games for Learning, Video Captions: ID Links 12/14/21

Experiencing eLearning

This post includes links on games for learning, video captions, and how to handle “pick your brain” requests. 6 Things Video Games Can Teach You About Writing Engaging Scenarios – E-Learning Heroes. “Pick your brain” requests. How to manage “Can I pick your brain?” Games for learning.

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Leading Successful Change to Remote Training

Speaker: Dr. Britt Andreatta, PhD, CEO, 7th Mind, Inc.

For employees who are unfamiliar with meeting software such as Zoom and Google Hangouts, the difficulty of teaching “on the go” has become a noticeable hurdle. Meetings that were previously being held in conference rooms have been moved to conference calls and online meetings.