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Let Learners Sleep on It

Integrated Learnings

Over the past several years, sleep researchers and neuroscientists have studied a process called memory consolidation, in which our brains integrate newly learned knowledge into long-term memory. Another example, published in Nature in 2004, suggests that sleep can enhance performance in creative problem solving.

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Visual Storytelling: Lessons from Slide:ology

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In just flipping through its glossy pages, I spotted several slide examples with ideas I went on to borrow for my own projects. For example, if you have two people on a slide, the one closer to the edge of the slide may be perceived as weaker than the one closer to the center. First of all, Duarte practices what she preaches.

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Isolating the Results of eLearning Impact

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Considering a quick example, suppose that a sales team is scheduled to complete an eLearning course on sales skills in June. In the spirit of scenario-based instruction, the authors provide several case studies that illustrate the various approaches they describe. A couple thoughts for application.

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Designing eLearning for Cognitive Ease

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Instead of conducting four hours of training within a single day, consider dividing it into one-hour sessions over four weeks, for example. The Finding : The book describes a study in which participants were asked to solve a case study problem. Create clean visuals. Everything else about the problem was identical.

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What Can eLearning Learn from “7 Ways Video Games Reward the Brain?”

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An experience bar might represent lessons completed, case studies resolved, tasks done correctly.or For example, passing ten system simulations might earn learners an opportunity to job shadow (i.e., But what about a longer course with several eLearning lessons? Or a longer course where eLearning is part of a blended approach?