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7 Practical Guidelines From Cognitive Science for eLearning

eLearning Brothers

When I’ve attended eLearning conferences and workshops, one thing I’ve noticed is that instructional designers are always hungry for more research and knowledge on how people learn and what they can do to help them learn better. Marty is an expert on cognitive science and learning experience design. 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. Learn more in my Speaking and Workshop Information Sheet.

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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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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.

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Friday Find Finds — Skills Reports, Async Training Program & Brain Sensory Signals

Mike Taylor

I’m excited that I’ll be doing not one, but two full-day workshops this fall at DevLearn. I’ll be teaming up with Bianca Baumann to bring back our “ Using the Marketing Playbook to Score Better L&D Results ” workshop for one. How to create impactful workshops (every single time).

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