Experiencing eLearning

JULY 16, 2019

This is a compilation and update of my book list and book review posts. Design For How People Le arn by Julie Dirksen is one of my favorite books in the field. The book includes practical tips on working with SMEs and avoiding interactivity and multimedia for the sake of being flashy. Instructional Design. eLearning.

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eLearningMind

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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. This journey elicits an Angel’s Cocktail of chemicals in your learner’s brains—dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins—making the learning more meaningful and engaging.

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Learningtogo

AUGUST 28, 2021

We’ve been hearing so much about artificial intelligence (in the news and in movies) for years and we’ve heard some theories on how it might impact the learning and development world. And in the book I go into more detail because the people actually working in the field are debating how to define it. What is Artificial Intelligence?

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2017

If your New Year’s Resolution is to read more books, you’ve found the right post. This is a compilation and update of my previous book list and review posts. Design For How People Learn by Julie Dirksen is one of my favorite books in the field. Read my full review about this practical book.

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KnowledgeOne

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Pain is not only a sensory experience but also a psychological, behavioural and cognitive one that involves our emotions, disposition and attention. Pain requires attention, and if some portion of that attention can be diverted (e.g., watching television, listening to a book being read) and active distraction (e.g.,

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eLearningMind

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Instead, neuroscience is a complicated study of how the brain (and the nervous system) works and reacts to stimuli and situations. Sometimes referred to as “neurolearning” or its dastardly cousin “neuromarketing,” the study of the brain gives us insight into becoming more effective at what we do.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 3, 2012

A number of books have crossed my path for a variety of reasons, and there’re some lessons to be extracted from three of them. All have to do with looking at how our brains work, and some lessons therefrom. A second book, Daniel Kahnemann’s Thinking Fast and Slow , is a different story.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But if you want to stand out from the crowd and make your voice heard, you need to be able to craft persuasive messages that will get people’s attention and move them to think or do things in a new way. Heath & Heath (2007) in their book “Made to Stick,” emphasize the importance of concrete and actionable CTAs.

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Origin Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Understanding Social Learning Theory. Social learning theory as we understand it today primarily evolved from the work of Albert Bandura in the 1960s. This theory is often considered to be a bridge that connects behaviorist and cognitive learning theories. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Learning Socially.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 3, 2023

Therefore, we also need to develop “critical ignoring” skills, which allow us to choose what to ignore and where to focus our attention. These strategies can help us manage our cognitive load and prioritize our attention in a world full of distractions.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These elements are grounded in psychological and marketing theories and ensure your message captures attention and influences behavior. You can support my work by sharing it with the world, booking an advertising spot , or by buying me a coffee. Don’t like it? Share it with someone you don’t!

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Vignettes Learning

AUGUST 20, 2015

Are Our Brains Hardwired for Storytelling? million audiences and a prolific author who has written 34 books, Kendal Haven answers with a resounding yes! As a nationally recognized expert on story structure, Haven believes that our brains are hardwired for storytelling and that we're not just Home sapiens , we are Homo narratives.

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Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises. Havent yet read that brain plasticity book , but its on my list.

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eLearningMind

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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. Case Study: Lord of the Rings as Learning Theory. Throughout the first book (or movie, if you didn’t make it through J.R.R.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JULY 11, 2018

Within the SPOC, on the Curatr platform, sources like short video clips or cartoons were shared as conversation starters on topics such as classroom atmosphere, structure, variety in lessons and attention to individual students. Curiosity: the book In his book Why? In other words: is self directed learning for everyone?

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 3, 2010

I recently read an article called "The Write Brain: How to Educate and Entertain with Learner-Centered Writing" by Kathleen M. Here's how she addresses those opening questions: By blending fictional and technical writing techniques with learning theory, we can craft written materials that both educate and entertain. Why might this be?

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Alex explained to us the interesting research into the effect of learning on the brain. The more you do that, the more you train your brain to give up. Your brain starts to learn that when we try something that’s difficult, we give up and then the difficult thing stops.”. The neuroscience backs that up.”

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Growth Engineering

APRIL 19, 2016

Any instructional designer will have a good idea of the theory behind how people learn, but a gamified solution needs to also consider how gamers learn. It’s long been assumed that people learn by sitting still, keeping quiet and paying attention to the lesson. The fact is that games behave differently from the eLearning of old.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 30, 2022

In an episode of The Big Bang Theory , Dr. Sheldon Cooper is trying to solve a physics problem but finds his mind blocked. Most of us wouldn’t choose a job in a busy restaurant as a way to relax our brains, but it works for Sheldon. Color in a coloring book. Our brains normally look for patterns to help make sense of the world.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." (You Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Bottom line, if their training is interesting and worth knowing, then their attention will most likely soar. . Adding engagement elements in your learning and development program will increase their attention and focus, driving higher success rates and better learning outcomes. Adult learners need to be constantly reminded.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Games for the Brain These brain games are from Phillip Lenssen, via Dean at my company who was thinking about how we could use brain teasers or games to get a learner prepped to learn. Use your brain game as a pre-question to focus the learner on the programs learning objectives.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

If something is interesting people will choose to pay attention to it because, well, it interests them! No one wants to listen to a robot reading a phone book. If their brains have to work overtime to figure out what they’re looking at or supposed to be doing, they’re not in a good state for learning. Poor Audio.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 29, 2020

A theory discussion. I will point out some research that indicates that says learning styles exist, but I am not going to focus on some scientific theory thing, which is one reason why I started this blog in the first place – too much theory, and not real world. I never paid attention. Written as a Journal Post.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 2, 2008

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 Go Read a Book How many books did you read in 2007 that were not work or school related? The History and Biology of Reading Craine references a book by Maryanne Wolf: “Proust and the Squid&# (Harper; $25.95), an account of the history and biology of reading. Cammy, Yea books!

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Learning Visions

MAY 18, 2006

Thursday, May 18, 2006 A General Theory of Love An article in National Geographic about the chemistry of love sparked a conversation with my friend Bob. He sent me a book, " A General Theory of Love." Can I, um, have your attention, please? Its keeping me up late at night. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Being smart often means being book-smart and while the text is a part of visual culture and a great learning tool, we tend to forget, that there are better ways of learning. Simple shapes, colors, and arrows translate incongruent text into a board, which the brain has a chance of analyzing in a non-linear way.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2007

Friday, March 16, 2007 How Does Gender Matter in the e-Learning Brain? A post at the Eide Neurolearning blog on Gender Matters in the Learning Brain. Can I, um, have your attention, please? Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 23, 2011

In advance I did decide to blog about the conference because it forces you to pay better attention and to make better notes. Keynote: ‘Brain rules for Learning’ by Dr. John Medina. He is a developmental molecular bio scientist, who studies the working of the brain. So what do we know about the brain?

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Elucidat

JUNE 23, 2023

So, how do you grab their attention and keep it? Because what you’re doing is stimulating your mouse… Hurray for the mouse, but not so good for your brain.’’ Reflect: Don’t start with the theory. A digital experience has around 7 seconds to make an impression; If it doesn’t, people will be gone before you know it.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century by Cathy N. This is a beautiful book. When we pay attention to one thing, we don’t register lots of concurrent alternatives. What confuses the brain delights the brain. 11.68 (paperback) on Amazon.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This Scientific American article by Steve Ayan walks through the theory of the “predictive mind” – how consciousness only arises when the brain’s implicit expectations fail to materialize. According to this theory, higher cognitive processing can happen without consciousness. Books/Courses/Talks/Podcasts.

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KnowledgeOne

APRIL 14, 2021

According to the self-efficacy theory of the eminent Canadian psychologist Albert Bandura, pioneer of the social-cognitivist movement, if you have little confidence in your abilities, your chances of achieving your goals are slim. Bandura’s theory is used in psychotherapy and many other fields, including education.

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Matrix

MARCH 6, 2018

The human brain is an amazing contraption that we have yet to figure out completely. How does the brain ‘get’ metaphors? This research opened a new chapter not only in linguistics but also gave way to a new theory of consciousness – the field of neuroscientists. An effective, engaging metaphor will always be a simple one.

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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As we now live in a world where many distractions are competing for our time and attention, microlearning helps sustain a learner’s full attention thanks to its short but focused format. Housed in EdApp’s LMS is Brain Boost , which automatically creates dynamic lessons based on core, previously learned content.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory. And, more importantly, you can improve your design when you understand the theory. (Im Im not a big theory person. Im not saying that these theories are right or wrong -- but they get tossed about and referred to with great relish by some in the industry.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

As a practical person, I tend to avoid theory. But in my quest for an informal M.Ed, Ive got to get into theory a bit, right? Vary activities to maintain interest and attention. The EduTech Wiki also has a good overview on learning style theory. Can I, um, have your attention, please? For the moment.

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