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eLearning Gamification: How to Implement Gamification in Your Learning Strategy

eLearningMind

At the most basic level, gamification training or gamification of learning is the use of game play elements in a learning experience. At ELM, we know that gamification training, when backed by an understanding of brain science , can be a powerful tool for inspiring learners to challenge themselves. Cognitive Relief.

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eLearning Gamification: How to Implement Gamification in Your Learning Strategy

eLearningMind

At the most basic level, gamification training or gamification of learning is the use of game play elements in a learning experience. Brains love to multitask, but multitasking can hurt training efforts. Corporate learning can be fun and motivating. Cognitive Relief. 3 Common Mistakes in Gamification.

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Keeping Your Learners’ Attention: How Our Brain Decides What to Focus On

Learnkit

Candy Crush is calling our name… In John Medina’s book, Brain Rules , we learn how the brain works. His book inspires much of the work we do at Learnkit to maintain the attention of our learning audience. The human brain has spotlights that switch our attention based on triggers sent from our senses.

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How to Use Microlearning to Boost Productivity in the Workplace

KnowledgeCity

As much as we might like to think our brains are super-machines that can get anything done if we just “put our minds to it,” brains have strict limits that no amount of wishful thinking can overcome. When we try to learn too much information at once, we risk decreasing our information retention and subsequent productivity.

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Has the smartphone limited attention spans or increased access to knowledge?

Ed App

That said, it has to be presented in a concise, engaging, and brain-friendly manner. In our distractible age, we have to discover ways to work with our brains to learn instead of against them. Microlearning: the educational strategy we’ve always needed.

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Microlearning: The Workplace Trend Proven to Boost Productivity

KnowledgeCity

As much as we might like to think our brains are super machines that can get anything done if we just “put our minds to it,” brains have strict limits that no amount of wishful thinking can overcome. When we try to learn too much information at once, we risk decreasing our information retention and subsequent productivity.

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Continuous Partial Attention Is The New Norm In Learning

eLearningMind

If multitasking had a cousin, it would be continuous partial attention (CPA): The ability to pay attention to more than one thing for an extended period of time. On the other hand, if you don’t know how to manage and work with CPA, you could be missing out on key learning opportunities and diminishing the ability to retain information.