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7 Practical Guidelines From Cognitive Science for eLearning

eLearning Brothers

Cognitive science research on learning, behavior change, and the development of expertise has provided a wealth of information. Marty is an expert on cognitive science and learning experience design. AND, he is here to share his knowledge with you in this session that was just added to the DevLearn 2018 schedule! Give us a ring!

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The power of emotion

Clark Quinn

While we do care about emotions like joy and grief (though our picture is changing ), what we really need to be caring about are non-cognitive elements like motivation, anxiety, and confidence. Self-Determination Theory (c.f. Again , I’m using the term ’emotion’ loosely here.

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Friday Finds

Mike Taylor

Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later. Cognitive load theory aims to explain how the information processing load induced by learning tasks can affect students’ ability to process new information and to construct knowledge in long-term memory. Mastering The Art of Curation. Help me improve.

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Fresh Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 7, 2018

Mike Taylor

Tips to Improve Your PowerPoint Presentation from Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning. Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and how “spicing up” your slides can actually negatively impact your audience’s learning. What I’m listening too. December Webinar: ATD Maryland.

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Designing Learning Like Professionals

Clark Quinn

For instance, there’re sound cognitive reasons why information dump and knowledge test won’t lead to learning. What we do have are robust theories about learning that pretty comprehensively integrate the empirical data. Medina, Willingham), and then there’s a lot of smoke.

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Learning Styles Don't Exist

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Shouldn't we be listening to the Cognitive Psychologists and Neuroscientists? John Medina , who is keynoting DevLearn08 , also shoots down the theory of learning styles. I discovered it from Clive Shepherd (btw - I always want to say Clive Drexler for some reason) who discovered it from Stephen Downes. I think so.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | November 30, 2018

Mike Taylor

Simplifying Cognitive Load Theory. Adam Boxer ( @adamboxer1 ) takes a stab and simplifying the cognitive load theory. John Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) may be the single most important thing for teachers to know, but it was not necessarily designed with teachers in mind.