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Five Teaching Strategies Backed Up by Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

Neuroscience has made remarkable advances in unravelling the mysteries of the human brain. As our understanding of how the brain functions expands, so does our ability to apply this knowledge to various fields, particularly education. Here are five teaching strategies backed by neuroscience that can enhance learning experiences.

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eLearning & Training: How Long is Too Long?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

If your lesson plays too long, you run the risk of losing the attention span of your learner and lowering the effectiveness of the lesson in general. The answer is directly tied to the average attention span of an adult learner. I have been teaching classes for nearly 30 years (both online and in-person). But what about today?

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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? Cognitive overload is a concept that refers to a situation where our brain is given more information or tasks than it can handle at once. 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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TEACHING LIVE, ONLINE CLASSES: Asking Review Questions

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

  Over and over, as we teach our ICCOTP Certified Online Training Professional course on how to teach online , I see students use our techniques correctly—but on the wrong topics. For example, we teach a very specific technique—the overhead question. Learning begins when we ask our brain to remember.

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Adobe Captivate & eLearning: How Long is Too Long?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

If your lesson plays too long, you run the risk of losing the attention span of your learner and lowering the effectiveness of the lesson in general. The answer is directly tied to the average attention span of an adult learner.   I have been teaching classes for nearly 25 years (both online and onsite).

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How to Draw Attention in Video Lectures

learnWorlds

Video lectures are one of the most promising teaching materials in online learning. Using Attentional Cues. Empirical evidence suggests that adding attentional cues in the instructor behavior guides learners’ visual attention and thus improves their learning performance in video lectures.

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