Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Every single time I write a voice over script, I aim for that conversational tone. If people don’t need to spend much cognitive effort figuring out HOW to access and navigate training, they can expend more effort toward actual learning. Using contractions is also part of conversational language. What does that mean?

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The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

A framework for developing learning outcomes which vary in cognitive complexity under the skills of recall, understand, apply, analyse, evaluate, and create. C Cognitive Load. Cognitive Overload. Authoring tools will often include content libraries with images, audio or video for use when building your eLearning course.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Creating Better Video for Learning. Where Did Germane Cognitive Load Go? Greg Ashman looks at the “fatal flaws” of cognitive load theory. The first problem with germane cognitive load is a philosophical one. Dig into to this one to learn more and see what he has to say about cognitive load theory.

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Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 20, 2019

These courses make use of seminars, video and audio support and presentations, discussion boards, quizzes, and more to provide every student with a personalized learning experience that is unmatched by textbook courses. In eLearning, this can translate to voice chats, VR video lessons, asynchronous and online tuitions, webinars, and more.

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TalentLMS

JUNE 25, 2021

These are all good considerations, but can sometimes overshadow another important form of diversity: cognitive diversity. Cognitive diversity is an important factor in reaching these goals. So what exactly is cognitive diversity? Cognitive diversity: the definition. For instance: Employees are more engaged.

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The Learning Dispatch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Why enable people who have disabilities relating to hearing, vision, mobility, or cognition to access the training that your organization provides? Some can’t see videos. Videos designed to train. Those with hearing disabilities often use captions to access content related to sound (such as podcasts or video).

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2024

Using Gen AI Multimodal Capabilities for Learning Development Josh Cavalier Josh explained how generative AI work with text, images, audio and video (multimodal). and transform it to one of the AI voices. She spoke about cognitive biases and ways to counteract them or use them to your advantage.

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Origin Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2014

When objects, arrows or human figures in your animation move about, a human voice that explains what’s happening allows learners to follow much better. Instead of making long and complex videos, make short animations for specific purposes. Do not overload. Don’t try to do all at once.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 15, 2013

Here is an interesting TEDx video that makes a powerful argument for comics for learning (although not the central message of the talk.). The graphic novel is story-based training impacting both the cognitive and affective domains from a learning perspective. Serious Comic – Voice Over, Music, and Sound Effects.

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Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

You can add animation, audio, video, screen recordings, and software simulations to create many user interactions, such as clicking, dragging, and typing as well as quizzes and assessments. These include, Managing Cognitive Load: Cognitive load refers to the number of working memory resources a person is using.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You may also use it to capture data: a note, a photo or video, or a voice memo. And, of course, you may reach out to someone like a friend or colleague through voice or text. It is useful to view computation conceptually as a complement to our cognitive systems.

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The Learning Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Why enable people who have disabilities relating to hearing, vision, mobility, or cognition to access the training that your organization provides? Some can’t see videos. Videos designed to train. Those with hearing disabilities often use captions to access content related to sound (such as podcasts or video).

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2023

A Guest Post by ReadSpeaker The Internet of Voice has arrived, and it’s changing the way we interact with our devices. But TTS isn’t just for fancy new voice computing applications. Then we’ll discuss a few ways businesses can leverage voice technology to achieve mission-critical goals. In 2021, nearly a quarter of U.S.

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ansrsource - Accelerating Better Ways to Learn!

MAY 23, 2025

Voice Recognition & Assistants Initially developed to assist individuals with mobility or visual impairments, voice recognition technology now powers everyday interactions through digital assistants like Siri and Alexa. According to Juniper Research , voice assistant transactions are projected to reach 2.5

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ansrsource - Accelerating Better Ways to Learn!

MAY 23, 2025

Voice Recognition & Assistants Initially developed to assist individuals with mobility or visual impairments, voice recognition technology now powers everyday interactions through digital assistants like Siri and Alexa. According to Juniper Research , voice assistant transactions are projected to reach 2.5

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 1, 2019

But have you heard of cognitive technology? Cognitive technologies can be defined as artificial intelligence tools that perform tasks that were once the sole preserve of humans. Examples of cognitive technologies include computer vision , deep learning, natural language processing , speech recognition, and humanised robotics.

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Hurix Digital

MAY 22, 2025

You can add audio descriptions for images and text transcripts for videos on your website or in your application. Predictive Text and Autocomplete Predictive text features, driven by ML algorithms, can assist users with cognitive or motor impairments by reducing the amount of typing required. and the latest iteration, WCAG 2.2.

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Cognitive Load. In LearnUpon, a content library is a repository of reusable content, like videos, documents, question pools, SCORM and xAPI (Tin Can) files, from which a course can be created. Course builders allow you to combine elements such as text, image, video etc., Compliance Training. Content Library. Corporate Training.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 7, 2010

Already, we are huge consumers of information streams, it will only be a more demanding cognitive task to monitor and make sense of such large amounts of data. Fueling the rapid increase in adoption of mobile/cell phones is the advent of more powerful telecommunication networks.

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ProProfs

JANUARY 6, 2022

Video Editor. Cognitive Services. Image & Video Manager. Video lectures. An eLearning authoring tool is a type of software to create digital content such as video, images, online courses, online tests, audio, and games for training purposes. Starts at $997/author/year. Easy Content Creation. Customization.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 1, 2011

Even though technological innovation occurs at rapid speed and new learning theories emerge from cognitive research, large and entrenched training organizations move like slow dinosaurs. hours a day using technology – whether that’s computers, television, mobile phones, or video games – and usually more than one at a time.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 30, 2017

My own session on Avoiding Voice Over Script Pitfalls went very well. We even had a voice over artist and an editor attending, which was perfect for my session. What would that behavior look like if you took a photo or video of it? If you know that, you can be aware of your cognitive biases and be more careful.

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LearnDash

MARCH 5, 2019

Students with special needs constitute a wide range of individuals, from those with physical handicaps to cognitive or developmental impairments. And if they do interact via video or phone, they can do so one-on-one with the teacher, rather than in front of all their peers. E-learning is not always the right solution.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Now, you have to understand, we have pretty typically met once a week, via voice or video conferencing during that time. With the right emotional connections, environment, and commitment, our cognitive commitments are effectively met , and perhaps even augmented, relative to meeting face to face.

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TOPYX LMS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In her article The Role of Emotions in Learning , she wrote, “When the limbic system interprets a situation as being ‘safe’, it facilitates learning by releasing another set of chemicals that open the higher cognitive centers of the brain, namely, the cortical region.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

According to the cognitive theory of learning, people have separate information processing channels for visual/pictorial processing (sometimes called Imagens) and for auditory/verbal processing (logogens). And research show that is not the best for learning. Here are some reasons why.

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Learningtogo

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

This is because the cerebral cortex , the seat of higher cognition, is less developed in dog brains. Before you feel too superior, though, watch this video of a dog with an amazing ability for language and inference. We might have more trouble solving complex problems, and communication could suffer.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

There are definitely pros and cons of having an eLearning voice over vs just letting people read it themselves. Then there’s the entirely different yet closely related issue of synthesized voice overs. I won’t promise not to mention AI voice-over again, though. So, should eLearning courses have a voice?

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Spark Your Interest

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

e learning modules, video, audio, animations), each with diverse requirements to create successful instructional products that help people learn. Online readers also expect a more conversational and informal tone than print readers, and they appreciate a personal and engaging voice.

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Integranxt

MAY 28, 2025

But todays students’ express ideas through videos, infographics, podcasts, and interactive projects, leveraging digital tools that werent even conceivable when most assessment frameworks were designed. This growing gap between how students communicate and how they are assessed is becoming harder to ignore.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The classic cognitive chunk of recall 7 +/- 2 tidbits of information. 80% of adults have weak to poor meta-cognitive skills (Maggie Martinez research) – some people 20% see life analytically. He’d had lots of training, but he’d never landed a plane without engines. He had 2 1/2 minutes! But Ruth Clark tells us we can’t do that.

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TalentLMS

MAY 26, 2021

Once a favorite pastime for kids (of any age), in the last few decades animated videos have branched out to anything from advertisements to education and, eventually, corporate learning. Using video for learning helps amp up learner engagement and knowledge retention. What is an animation video? Whiteboard animation videos.

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CommLab India

JANUARY 22, 2017

This is why videos are an important element of online courses. Learners love videos and when the choice is between reading something or watching a video about a particular topic, most will choose to watch a video. Think about the load on your cognitive system when reading an article vs. watching a video clip!

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 10, 2015

Similarly, consider different storytelling media: graphic novels/comics, cartoons, videos, narrated slideshows, etc. Too often, experts ignore this, as they don’t actually have access to all their thinking (another phenomenon of our cognitive architecture). it’ll be more memorable and consequently more useful.

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CourseArc

JUNE 21, 2017

As the methods for seamlessly including rich media assets in eLearning continue to improve, instructional designers are finding creative uses of audio and video to supplement their text-based courses. In fact, a speaker’s voice can provide memorable cues that help students retaining and retrieving the information later.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the same way, two instructional videos can be equally good. A tutorial video on using a table saw can be good and so can one on making pivot tables in Microsoft Excel. So, what makes a good tutorial video? While there are often a number of things that need to be covered in a video, not all of them are learning objectives.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For over 20 years, Lodestone has provided organizations education technology services including: public and private classes, video production, eLearning development and consulting. A microvideo, or short form video, is optimal regarding length and meets the desired outcome such as knowledge transfer or a call to action. Cognitive Load.

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