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Friday Find Finds — Evidence-based Training Lessons, Signal vs Noise, Persuasive Copywriting

Mike Taylor

In this ISPI Live recording you will get a bird’s eye view from Ruth Clark of how evidence-based research methods have evolved since her book “ e-Learning and the Science of Instruction ” first came out 25 years ago and what they have revealed. . Last week’s most clicked item: 20 Things To Remember About Forgetting.

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Left/Right Brain, ISPI, Working Memory, Newspapers, & Cognitive Dissonance

Big Dog, Little Dog

Split brain behavioral experiments. As a result, his left and right brains no longer communicate through that pathway. It's the Age of the Right Brain. - HPT Practitioner Podcast contest for ISPI - Guy Wallace. Guy Wallace has created 21 Video Podcasts for an "HPT Practitioner Podcast" contest for ISPI.

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Definition: Metacognition

Kapp Notes

information as cited by Lawanto, 2010) It has also been defined as a process by which the brain organizes and monitors cognitive resources. Research in Science Education, 31(3), 313-335. Cuasay, 1992). Siegler (Ed.), Childrens' thinking: What develops? Hillsdale, N.J. Gunstone, R., & & Lewis, R. Clark, R.C.

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A Year in Books (2009)

Learning Visions

To try and hold on to – if just for a brief moment – some of what’s been going on in my brain this year, I thought I’d take a moment to catalogue the pile of topical books I’ve read. The classic, in which Mayer looks at research and provides conclusions on effective use of multimedia in eLearning. Multimedia Learning, Richard Mayer.

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e-Learning Authoring Tools Crash Course -- Follow Up

Learning Visions

I had the great pleasure of speaking last night at the Massachusetts chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). My Sources Since I'm not a tool user, I needed to mine the collective brain of the e-learning community to find out what's what. Here are some of the resources I promised to post.

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Bob Mosher on Informal Learning and Performance Support

Learning Visions

with Bob Mosher of Learning Guide Solutions, presented by Massachusetts Chapter of ISPI and sponsored by Kineo. 80% of adults have weak to poor meta-cognitive skills (Maggie Martinez research) – some people 20% see life analytically. Informal Learning: Are We Missing a HUGE Opportunity? But Ruth Clark tells us we can’t do that.

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

Learningtogo

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. How London Cabbies Change Their Brains. Travel Wakes Up Your Lazy Brain.

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