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Situated Cognition

Clark Quinn

In a recent article , I wrote about three types of cognition that are changing how we think about how we think (how meta!). I think it’s important to understand these cognitions, and their implications. First, I want to talk about situated cognition. Cognitive psychology was a rebellion from this perspective.

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Julie Dirksen, #DevLearn "Interface Design: Tips and Tricks for Designing for Learning Environments"

Learning Visions

The purpose of good interface design: makes it usable, keeps the user from getting frustrated, making the interface invisible -- it needs to reduce your cognitive load. If a user interface is really hard to figure out, you''re maxing out the learner''s cognitive load. So how do we reduce that cognitive load? UI Design Patterns.

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Digital Learning from the Perspective of Affective and Social Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

Among other things, this field of knowledge has led to discoveries that have had a significant impact on our understanding and approach to human cognition and learning. As fundamentally social beings, humans define and develop themselves through their relationships with others, and this aspect cannot be overlooked when it comes to learning.

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Instructional Storytelling: How to Use it In Your Corporate Training

eLearningMind

It’s the classic storyline pattern from all of your favorite childhood fairytales: Hero is introduced; hero encounters trials; hero rises triumphant. Professor of Literature and mythologist Joseph Campbell was the first to formally identify the archetypal protagonist’s pattern in his 1949 book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

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Using Game Design To Create Accomplishment Based Learning, Julie Dirksen #astdtk13 @usablelearning

Learning Visions

Let's start with attention. How long is the avg attention span? But there's really not a practical limit to our attention span if we WANT to pay attention. So for our learners -- I need you to pay attention now, but when are you actually going to need this? Hyperbolic discounting -- behavioral economics.

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Is Your Instructional Design Strategy Right For Your eLearning Project?

Zipboard

This includes environmental factors, cognitive factors, as well as emotional factors. In the context of eLearning and L&D, the main learning theories are behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. As the actions to modify behavior are repeated, behavioral patterns become more refined.

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Learning Experience Design (LXD): An Overview and Best Practices

Hurix Digital

LXD, therefore, requires multidisciplinary expertise including knowledge of interactive design, neuroscience, cognitive psychology and teaching. While creating an LXP plan, give due attention to the following: Visual design strategy. Rather, it will lead to a cognitive overload, thereby defeating the very purpose of the LXD.