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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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Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? My learning style is visual, so I always need to do research about a new concept and get a picture of the information in my head. link] Blog this! He said it was great.

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AI Tools, Games, Freelancing: ID Links 2/14/23

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links periodically here on my blog. The order is published randomly, and the research and analysis methods are explained at the bottom of the post. Sousa was concerned that recording would cause “social decline,” he writes, as people stopped making music together. I’m pleased to be included in the list.

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How (and Why) to Add Music to Tutorial Videos

TechSmith Camtasia

But, adding music to a tutorial video can transform even the most mundane topic. According to our research about people’s video viewing habits , the most critical characteristic of a video is the audio quality. Music can easily become distracting or even make it harder for your audience to learn a concept. Yes and no.

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4 Tips to Writing eLearning Scripts That Sing

Association eLearning

If you’re getting started on a new script for an eLearning course, you probably aren’t planning to create a “musical” experience. Interesting side note: A recent Atlantic magazine article by Julie Beck cites research showing the fewer words you use, the more intelligent you appear. But maybe you should. Less cowbell. Tweet This!

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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? But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Please comment if you do.

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LHRCon 2024 Recap

Experiencing eLearning

It was an interesting presentation with a lot of research and information, rather than a typical inspirational keynote. It was an interesting style for the personal narrative with how he incorporated hip hop music into his storytelling. I have live blogged notes from a webinar of Karin’s that I attended in 2014!)

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