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Attention is underrated

Clark Quinn

This is the picture I paint in Learning Science for Instructional Designers, my recent book on how we learn. As an aside, I suggest that the basic human information processing loop is something that is critical to understand. Recent pictures of the information processing loop suggest, however, that attention has a bigger purview.

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Attention is underrated

Upside Learning

This is the picture I paint in Learning Science for Instructional Designers, my recent book on how we learn. As an aside, I suggest that the basic human information processing loop is something that is critical to understand. Recent pictures of the information processing loop suggest, however, that attention has a bigger purview.

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Understanding How We Learn: Video vs. Text

fewStones

People have different ways to absorb information, whether through text learning materials or educational videos. How Our Brains Process Information Remembering Things Remembering things is making mental notes in your brain. So, when you need to remember, your brain can flip through these mental pictures and bring back the information.

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WEAVING A TALE – HOW STORYTELLING CAN ENHANCE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Learnnovators

Picture this scene in the 1980s. When you’re able to engage learners with your storytelling, they are more likely to pay attention, retain information, and be motivated to complete the learning activity. Create compelling characters, and make them relatable to your audience Think of your favourite characters in movies.

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5 Ways to Bring Contextual Learning to Your Association

Association eLearning

Are we talking about a car in an action movie, a firework, or some leftovers that were microwaved for too long? Without context the information is meaningless. Making your association’s learning contextual will not only help your members make sense of information, it will also help them remember it. Why did it blow up?

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Sony Pictures’ Martin Lowery

CLO Magazine

Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Lowery has brought traditional and experiential development initiatives to bear in a creative industry that is largely unfamiliar with many of the players in learning. ” But these days, it’s not just about who is on the screen — whether in movie theaters, on television sets or the Internet.

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The Importance of Script Writing in Video Presentations

eLearning Brothers

Books are allowed to put on paper eloquent words that paint a picture that is sometimes breathtaking. Diagrams can also help when outlining (see previous blog for more information about outlining). Other screenwriting software is out there such as Final Draft, and Movie Magic Screenwriter. It’s not fair, really.

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