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L&D's fake news

Patti Shank

L&D has its own version of fake news: fads, made-up theories (and how to implement) in conflict with what research or science says, and people selling ideas using devious means. Someone used me to push learning styles for training? As you likely know, the research is clear that learning styles aren't "a thing." (See

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How Can We Shift the Way We Learn to Adapt to Our Changing Attention Span?

SmartUp

You may have seen on big news outlets such as The Independent , Time Magazine , or the New York Times that our attention span has shrunk to less than that of a goldfish. The average human attention span is currently at only 7 seconds and it is only getting shorter with the increased usage of mobile devices. .

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The Danger of Doom Scrolling & How Custom e-Learning Solutions Can Help

Thinkdom

A factor that's affecting your employees’ mental health, performance, and learning outcomes? We’re talking about doom scrolling - the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of negative news online. And more importantly, how does it affect our professional productivity and learning?

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Making Learning Styles Come Alive in

Vignettes Learning

All it takes is an understanding of how the learner's brain works and use that to design interactive stories that make your session objectives come alive. Learners pay attention to the content when it allows them an opportunity to instantly recall an experience. The good news is, interactive stories are already set up to do this.

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Video-Based Learning: A Guide to Implementing an Effective Video eLearning Strategy

eLearningMind

And if that doesn’t excite you enough, video-based learning can reduce the duration of your training programs. And your employees will learn it even faster than you demonstrate. Learning Styles Research pointed out that 65% of us are visual learners. Then, when they complete a course, learners are on their own.

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Curated Insights: Busting Workplace Learning Myths

Axonify

Welcome to fake news, L&D edition! lies) is far from new. Our April curated insights explores a few of the more popular learning myths on which L&D pros unknowingly continue to waste valuable time and resources. Teachers must ditch ‘neuromyth’ of learning styles, say scientists from The Guardian.

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Curated Insights: Busting Workplace Learning Myths

Axonify

Welcome to fake news, L&D edition! lies) is far from new. Our April curated insights explores a few of the more popular learning myths on which L&D pros unknowingly continue to waste valuable time and resources. Teachers must ditch ‘neuromyth’ of learning styles, say scientists from The Guardian.