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The Shoemaker’s Children – How Travel, Training and Social Learning Expand Your Mind

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The hippocampus is a remarkable structure within the Limbic system , sometimes called the “midbrain,” referring to our understanding that it evolved in early mammals as a means of separating mammalian species from more primitive species with “reptilian” brains. Converts short-term to longer memory. Travel Wakes Up Your Lazy Brain.

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Interfacing with Subject Matter Experts

ID Mentors

Instructional Designers, on the other hand, were responsible for converting the content provided by the SME into information that could be easily understood and learned. Ford (1992) in their article Getting Inside the Expert’s Brain. Getting Inside An Expert’s Brain, Training and Development Journal, August 1992, 55-62.

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How to Avoid These Three Pain Points for Online Learning

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Then convert the bullet points into more meaningful content. Worst case, start with a case study to convert the content into a meaningful story. And of course, participate in your local ATD , ISPI , and STC chapters. Talk with your potential audience and find out where the content comes into play with their daily roles.

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Top 70 eLearning Posts for June and Hot Topics including iPad and Mobile Learning

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Are you being fooled by claims of brain-based learning? ISPI) would miss the same things it misses. Brain Rules & learning - Informal Learning , June 13, 2010 Neuroscientists have figured out a lot about how the brain works in the time since the fMRI was invented 18 years ago. Fraught Decisions. Degree of Difficulty.

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