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Understanding How We Learn: Video vs. Text

fewStones

It then stores these snapshots, a bit like putting photos into an album. So, when you need to remember, your brain can flip through these mental pictures and bring back the information. Paying Attention Paying attention is focusing on what you want to see. Emotions are like spices in our learning recipe—they add flavor!

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Tips for Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Retold for instructional designers on focusing on the big picture and business impact rather than getting lost in the details of “order taking” for developing courses. Be detail oriented, craft mental movies. Support attention. A: Full bleed photos are good when you can. Ask SMEs for real examples.

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eLearning Strategies to watch out for in 2023

Paradiso

Make Your Learning Programs Interactive Incorporating interactivity into your learning programs is crucial for maintaining students’ attention as they move through the course and encouraging their interest in the material. As boredom and distraction are engagement’s worst enemies, both of these factors increase it.

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Tipping the balance #blideo

Learning with e's

I only ever saw the movie Equilibrium once, and it was a long time ago. I thought at the time what a dystopian picture it portrayed of the future. Now I've been #blideo challenged by Amy Burvall to interpret this clip from the movie. It's a world where all citizens are required to take drugs that repress their emotions.

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Six eLearning Secrets to Boost Engagement

Growth Engineering

The release of a new blockbuster movie makes people super-excited. After drooling over teasers and trailers, movie fans turn up at midnight showings in Jedi robes or wizard regalia. This ups the stakes grips the learner’s attention from the outset. Paint a Pretty Picture: Don’t Skimp on Eye Candy.

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Building Jaws in Space: New Ideas at eLearning DevCon 2011

OpenSesame

Curtis Morley’s keynote address connected our cultural attention deficit – driven by myriad technologies, distractions and an “addiction to urgency” – to the way we must construct elearning to maximize the learners’ capacity for attention. When I say, “I’ve got a great movie for us to watch tonight! Jaws in Space.

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Ten Tips for Instructional Designers

OpenSesame

She found that each worker went an average of 11 minutes on any given task before being interrupted by a coworker, email, IM or other demand for their attention. You need to design content to fit in the short chunks of attention that your learners are likely to have available to them. Choose the right photo. Use a storyboard.