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The Neurobiology of Why Your Learner’s Brain Responds to Great Storytelling

Maestro

When you think about the power of storytelling, your first thought might be of the movies—even as Hollywood continues to churn out stories that follow familiar arcs we’ve seen time and again, we keep showing up and finding ourselves drawn in, happily paying to see it play out in different forms on the big screen. And now you’re hooked.

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The Neuroscience of Mood Boards

Learningtogo

What do web designers, architects, advertising agencies, fashion designers and movie set designers have in common? A Mood Board Gives Your Brain a Target. Once you’ve started your mood board, you are giving your brain a visual target. That’s the power of giving your brain a problem to solve and getting out of the way.

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100 Twitter accounts for Philomaths (Lovers of Learning)

Jane Hart

Book Nerd : @booknerdfession Confessions Of A Book Nerd! Brain Pickings : @brainpickings This is the Brain Pickings bot – daily blog posts, automated. Daily Writing Tips : @writing_tips Daily tips on grammar, spelling, punctuations, freelance writing and more! Biography.com : @Bio People.

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Learning While Online, Instead of Wasting Time

Training Industry

How much time do you spend each week reading blog posts, scanning articles, and rushing through e-books to get the highlights? Even if you take time to savor a well-written, hands-on book, you might only remember that you enjoyed what you read. The movies you create in your brain will be easier to recall than words on a page.

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Effective Training Visuals—Add a Spark of Interest

OpenSesame

Here’s the sixth in a series of blog posts written to help you evaluate elearning courses by considering how well their visuals add to the effectiveness of the training. As a final reminder, the ideas below originated in the book Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand by Connie Malamed.

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How To Gain Global Perspectives During Virtual Study

Skillquore

The following write-up deals with ways to gain a global outlook while getting educated virtually. Global perspective develops your critical mind and churns the analytical wheels of your brain. Some virtual programs arrange virtual events like art classes, movie nights, etc. They can recommend books and material to read.

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Effective Training Visuals—Add a Spark of Interest

OpenSesame

Here’s the sixth in a series of blog posts written to help you evaluate elearning courses by considering how well their visuals add to the effectiveness of the training. As a final reminder, the ideas below originated in the book Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand by Connie Malamed.