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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | March 12, 2020

Mike Taylor

That is Not How Your Brain Works. In this insightful post, List Feldman Barret tells us to forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself. If you like this, you might want to check out her book Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Reality” is constructed by your brain.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | May 21, 2021

Mike Taylor

Along with some basic design principles, simple animations can make a big impact on learning content. This is a good post with examples of how animation can elevate your elearning. Brain Research Confirms Stupidity Of Back-to-Back Meetings. Building design presentation templates with Pitch by @femkesvs. This sucks.

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Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | April 22, 2022

Mike Taylor

“Our memory is at best a photograph that is constantly being Photoshopped by our brain without our permission or awareness.” Last week’s most clicked item: 21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program. Dr Anna Barnett on how the world of learning has changed on the Mind Tools podcast Why use a PowerPoint template?

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | April 30, 2020

Mike Taylor

I’m also getting excited about some pretty good conference sessions with the Learning Guild and the Canadian Elearning Conference that I’m prepping for. Ann Emery shows you how useful this simple, easy-to-use tip can upgrade your slide deck designing workflow. Research Proves Your Brain Needs a Break.

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Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | March 3, 2022

Mike Taylor

But have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain to turn all these weird symbols into meaning? How does nudge theory support workplace learning on the MindTools podcast Sarah Winters on content design with David Dylan Thomas on the Design for Cognitive Bias podcast. How Do We Read? It’s Magic (Almost).

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Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | February 25, 2022

Mike Taylor

Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil. He’ll also talk about some content strategy and design choices we can use in our designs to redirect or eliminate the impact of those biases. version” over the older version in our brain. Last week’s most clicked item: The War Against Forgetting.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | April 16, 2020

Mike Taylor

Smashing Magazine takes a look into templates and tools for building and designing HTML emails. There is something for everyone and lots of really great resources in here. How are you using email in your work? A few other things just because I can. Tools, Tips & Resources. I also publish a daily L&D Tech Toolbox newsletter.