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Billions and Billions – Reshaping our Brains with Numbers

Learningtogo

Billions and Billions – Reshaping our Brains with Numbers by Margie Meacham A number is a number is a number? In an election year, the news is covered with poll results, which can sound completely different if “a majority” thinks one way, versus “51%.“ Two – I was a very lucky person with something special going on inside my brain.

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Coping with information

Clark Quinn

The book has balance between principle and practice, with clear and cogent explanations. Dawson frames elements in terms of how our brain works, which makes sense. He grounds much of his arguments in the natural ways our brains work, which I also am a fan of. A small quibble with a generally very good book.

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Friday Finds — Primal Brain, Instructional Videos, AI Learning Design

Mike Taylor

Last Week’s Most Clicked The “secret sauce” behind the world’s most popular online course News & Notes Speak to the Primal Brain This post is for Learning and Development (L&D) professionals, urging them to borrow strategies from marketing to engage the primal brain. Don’t like it? Share it with someone you don’t!

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20+ More Books for Instructional Designers

Experiencing eLearning

In response to my list of 12+ Books for Instructional Designers , I received a lot of great suggestions for further reading. Here are 20+ more books suggested by others. Streamlined ID: A Practical Guide to Instructional Design : Miriam Larson suggested her book, co-authored with Barbara Lockee. E-Learning and Blended Learning.

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Friday Finds — Brain Myths, Desirable Difficulties, Curation Tools

Mike Taylor

What I’m Listening To: All week, I’ve been immersing myself in the sounds of No Suits – a category-defying band that incorporates R&B, hip-hop, funk, psych rock, and electronic textures into their music. link] Library Extension Check your local library for the books, music, etc. As always, thanks for reading.

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5 Learning Myths, Debunked

LearnDash

At the risk of sounding trite, the real advice should be “study smarter.”. You’re either “right-brained” or “left-brained.”. Many of those who have read the descriptions of being right- or left-brained have come to identify with those descriptions strongly. You can’t tell me what a book is about until you’ve read it.

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Keeping Your Learners’ Attention: How Our Brain Decides What to Focus On

Learnkit

Candy Crush is calling our name… In John Medina’s book, Brain Rules , we learn how the brain works. His book inspires much of the work we do at Learnkit to maintain the attention of our learning audience. The human brain has spotlights that switch our attention based on triggers sent from our senses.