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How to Use Microlearning to Boost Productivity in the Workplace

KnowledgeCity

As much as we might like to think our brains are super-machines that can get anything done if we just “put our minds to it,” brains have strict limits that no amount of wishful thinking can overcome. When we try to learn too much information at once, we risk decreasing our information retention and subsequent productivity.

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Microlearning: The Workplace Trend Proven to Boost Productivity

KnowledgeCity

As much as we might like to think our brains are super machines that can get anything done if we just “put our minds to it,” brains have strict limits that no amount of wishful thinking can overcome. When we try to learn too much information at once, we risk decreasing our information retention and subsequent productivity.

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5 Ways Mobile Learning Can Enhance Your Course

LearnDash

Either way, audio content is easy for me to consume while I accomplish other tasks, provided those other tasks don’t require all my attention. It’s no secret that cramming is bad for retaining information. This is because, when we first learn information, it piles up in our short-term memory.

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The Golden Keys to Personal Productivity

CrossKnowledge

Whether it be apps, software, computers, meetings or projects that you are asked to manage, working to full your potential means successfully handling these tools. Maura Thomas, an expert in personal productivity, maintains that technology is a resource that should free our brains from remembering meetings and tasks.

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Prepare the future of Learning for the Genz

CrossKnowledge

They are world weary, entrepreneurial, multiscreen, Wifi multitaskers. What analytical skills do we need to add human value to the exabytes of information we will have at hand? Since they grew up with highly engaging games, their brains are wired for rich, stimulating learning experiences. Experiential and project based.

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Free learning & development webinars for May 2017

Limestone Learning

But the constraint that we need to pay the most attention to is memory. And discover how Prime helps you stay informed about employee progress and the efficacy of training programs. Getting the attention and, more important, time of employees is going to take more than a reminder email. The launch comes and goes, but then what?

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What is Microlearning? Examples, Strategy, and More

eLearningMind

Thanks in part to the rise of social media, quick-scroll news, and even swipe-right dating apps, humans are more distracted than ever, with diminishing attention spans. In fact, the average human attention span (the time for which a human can focus on non-changing stimulus) is only eight seconds. What is microlearning? Videos/Talks.