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How to Learn about Learning Science

Experiencing eLearning

You can follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter, their blogs, and elsewhere. While conferences can be a mixed bag, my own experience mirrors what Judy Katz shared on Twitter in response to a dismissive comment about people “basing their knowledge on conference speakers and not valid research.”

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Learning Experience Design: Everything You Need to Know

eLearningMind

Share on twitter. Understanding the appropriate solutions for the desired cognitive level of corporate learners is a big part of an LxD’s job. With this information, and with her knowledge of cognitive science, Lexi meets learners where they are. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on email.

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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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Growth Mindset, AI, and More: ID Links 3/14/23

Experiencing eLearning

Growth mindset Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Does Developing a Growth Mindset Help Students Learn? This post includes links on growth mindset, an AI tool for instructional design, branching scenarios, accessibility, and a magazine issue with elearning articles by multiple prominent authors. The Twine® Grimoire, Vol.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities

Learning Visions

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Is cognitive ability plastic? And what is cognitive ability, really? Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises.

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How Research Informs My Work

Experiencing eLearning

If you’re not active in L&D Twitter, you might have missed the big debate recently about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals. While some of that was likely deliberately controversial to generate traffic, the discussion raised some important points.

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Twitter’s Impact on Your Brain-Same as Bilingualism

Kapp Notes

“Bilingual people aren’t cognitively smarter, but they are more cognitively flexible,” she added. Practice at constant switching improves an aspect of their cognitive abilities. They become more facile at adjusting to new situations and inventing new situations.”.

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