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Music aids learning, but not unconditionally

Mitch Moldofsky

f music be the food of love, play on! Willy Shakespeare A lot of ink has been spilled over the question of what effect music has on the brain. Oliver Sacks' book Musicophilia ("Music, Ophelia?") But three recent studies on the effects of music on learning should also have us tapping our collective toes. The result?

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Always Be Consistent Most of the Time

Association eLearning

There’s no audio narration, no background music, and no sound effects. Until you get to the conclusion screen, where’s there’s a short piece of music. (In It will have meaning, the end of the lesson. If you’d like to read more about training, learning, and instructional design check out the rest of this author’s blogs.

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Not Everyone is a Social Customer by Paul on February 11, 2011 in Development Tools , customer service , social learning A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog about the need to train your clients on the various methods of…training.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

In her article* 10 Brainpowered Wonders in the King’s Speech , Dr. Ellen Weber nicely summarizes a few of the lessons this movie teaches us about learning. Weber also points out how effectively additional techniques demonstrated in the movie – like music, movement, and humor – open the mind to learning. I’ll be seeing it again!

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Who's Building the Social Learning Roads? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Please comment if you do.

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Strategies for Effective Crisis Management: Lessons for K12 CEOs

Kitaboo

Instead, the company ventured into merchandise, music, and fancy sandwiches, diluting its brand essence. Through this blog, we’ll delve into some strategies for effective crisis management for K12 publishers , by drawing lessons from successful CEOs who navigated their companies through challenging times. Table of Contents I.

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Background Music in eLearning & Copyright

Adobe Captivate

Over the past few months, I’ve received more and more calls and emails about the pros and cons of adding background music to eLearning projects (specifically projects created using Adobe Captivate). In the image below, I’ve imported a music file called Acoustic Mellow.mp3. Can you use his music in your projects?

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