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Learning Science: The Coherence Principle Decoded

Mike Taylor

Your training program may be a marvel of multimedia, but if it’s flooded with irrelevant content—be it text or visuals—it’s doing more harm than good. In a 2006 study by Richard E. Paul Ayres, “Can the use of cognitive load theory and deliberate practice explain the performance patterns of novices learning to suture?”

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Where I Get Blog Post Ideas

Experiencing eLearning

When I talk to people about starting a blog, newsletter, LinkedIn posts, or other content marketing, they often confess that they’re worried they don’t have anything to write about. I’ve been blogging since December 2006–seventeen years ago! These patterns reduce the cognitive effort of planning.

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Gamification of Learning and Training

Kapp Notes

Game mechanics, scoring, points, time elements, pattern seeking, item matching, content ratings are quickly working their way into almost every element of life. In 2006, Google created a game to help it tag pictures and photos on the web. The players must answer 10 questions, each of which involves a set of decisions.

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Training Design

Tony Karrer

Back in 2005, 2006 and 2007, I would regularly show the following slides to help explain the heart of what Training Design is all about and how it has changed over the years. for Learning Professionals Course , we settled on using Ning and it's various capabilities as part of the delivery pattern. This is the same picture as above.

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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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How To Create an Interactive Learning School and Engage Your Learners

learnWorlds

“In the social learning system, new patterns of behavior can be acquired through direct experience or by observing the behavior of others.”, The social network is not an isolated “trendy” service, instead, it is fully interconnected with the learning content: a discussion may arise from within the e-book or the instructional video.

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Metalearning

Tony Karrer

You’ve got to rise above the noise to see the underlying patterns, and then optimize them. Nancy Devine in a comment suggested "schema building" which is similar to pattern identification. Browse eLearning Content This takes a broader perspective than what you deal with day-to-day. eLearning Technology.

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