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eLearning: Attention, Attention!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

In my article, I referenced a piece by the BBC,  Turning into Digital Goldfish , where the author said "The addictive nature of web browsing can leave you with an attention span of a goldfish."  Believe it or not, research has been done that says the attention span of a goldfish is actually 9 seconds.

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Creating Better Content with Lessons Learned from Brain Research

CourseArc

from Brain Research. The brain is arguably one of the most complex organs of the body, and one we still do not fully understand. Understanding the brain helps us understand learning. What we know about how the brain functions has advanced by leaps and bounds since the 1990s (dubbed the Decade of the Brain by the U.S.

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Effective eLearning Content Development to prevent Cognitive Overload

Thinkdom

Did you know that the human brain can only process about four pieces of information at a time? Your employees may face this in their eLearning courses, if they are exposed to an excess of information without proper structuring or pacing. Imagine your brain as a computer with a certain amount of processing power.

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Friday Finds — Animations & Learning, Attention Span, Learning Sciences

Mike Taylor

Last Week’s Most Clicked Do more with Google Docs News & Notes People Pay Attention Better Today Than 30 Years Ago — Really! Introduction to Learning Sciences” explores how the brain learns, focusing on encoding, consolidating, and retrieving information. I’m really dating myself here, aren’t I?

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Digital Learning Tips and Tricks from Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer, Learningtogo

As an eLearning professional, you're always working to improve your courses; and part of that process involves a deluge of questions. Does digital media work differently in the brain than information coming in from "the real world?" How can you capture and keep learner attention in a world of alerts, pop-ups, and "clickbait?"

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Learning Science Bandwagon?

Clark Quinn

Neuroscience is cool, but its use in learning design tends to be to draw attention (read: marketing), not for any new outcomes. I feel similarly about the term brain-based. Yes, learning is brain-based. I suppose they’re implying that they’re aligned with how the brain works. I’ll go further, of course.

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Joining forces with the brain to deliver long term L&D impact

Elucidat

We’re all working against the brain, rather than with it. In fact, she thinks everyone should better understand their brain. Here are some top tips from Lauren: Work with the brain, not against it: Start focusing on what’s going on in the brain, so you can design learning more scientifically. The results?

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