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How to Learn about Learning Science

Experiencing eLearning

As instructional designers, LXDs, and other L&D professionals, I think it’s important for us to learn how to design more effective learning experiences. But, how do you learn about learning science, especially if you don’t have a graduate degree in instructional design? How I learn about learning science.

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Designing eLearning for Cognitive Ease

Integrated Learnings

I recently started reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, and the chapter on cognitive ease offered all sorts of implications for eLearning design. This, combined with additional discussion in the book, suggests that a bad mood creates cognitive strain, and a good mood promotes cognitive ease. By Shelley A.

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Is AI in Learning and Development Fast-Tracking Dull Training, Especially eLearning Narration?

IT Training Department Blog

There’s a lot of talk about AI in Learning & Development (L&D), and many people use it, so it’s not just talk. But is the talk and execution of AI for L&D working, or is it fast-tracking the way to “learning” mediocrity? This lack of diversity can lead to disengagement and reduced learning outcomes.

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How Research Informs My Work

Experiencing eLearning

Much of my work as an instructional designer involves writing–and we have a lot of research to guide us on how to write to support learning. Specifically, this is the personalization principle from Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Learning. Those are good sources for learning the science of multiple choice questions.

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Trust, Tacit Knowledge and Social Business

ID Reflections

As I read the post on Resolvingthe Trust Paradox by John Hagel, I was reminded of two things—the talk on the power of vulnerability by Brene Brown and what Morten Hansen says about tacit knowledge sharing in hisbook Collaboration:How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results. Strongties—as we know—are based on trust.

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7 Challenges to Social Learning

Origin Learning

Social Learning is a self-propagating concept, that is- once a social learning culture is achieved in an organization. Here we try to enlist the top challenges which hinder social learning from becoming a reality in organizations: 1. Social learning is more of an abstract concept. Garnering support from seniors.

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New recommended readings

Clark Quinn

First, of course, I have to point out my own Learning Science for Instructional Designers. She writes about new facets of cognition that open up a whole area for our understanding. Also her previous track record; I mind-mapped her talk on learning myths at a Learning Solutions conference). Let me explain.

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