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Brain science meets social media

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Brain learning is currently a hot topic in the Netherlands amongst learning professionals. They interviewed various scientists and are translating new insights from brain science into practical consequences for organising effective learning situations. I'm working a lot with sociale media and communities of practice.

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6 Steps To Creating Learning Ecosystems (And Why You Should Bother)

Learnnovators

When we really let that sink in, rather than just forcing attendance at a workshop or completion of an elearning module, the focus becomes creating a context that will encourage and support learning and high performance. As a result, it will often lead to creating performance tools rather than courses. processes (six sigma, kaizen).

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 1, 2021

Mike Taylor

When we’re bored, our brains are relaxed and our usual “filters” are off. Not all learning investments are created equal. The Communities of Practice Playbook. Boredom has been scientifically proven to be a precursor for creative thinking. Most Online Courses Are a Waste of Your Time — Here’s How You Know.

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The Neuroscience of Mood Boards

Learningtogo

On the mood board, you can develop the look and feel as an iterative process, changing it as you experiment with new ideas and interact with your client, hopefully gaining design clarity and agreement long before you sit down to create the final product. A Mood Board Gives Your Brain a Target. Images, charts and graphs.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The awful ones go right into the brain dustbin immediately without any additional thoughts. Someone came up with the idea to create templates for developing courses quickly – and no, it wasn’t someone from Adobe or Articulate. I was using DazzlerMax and Authorware, which are superior offerings for creating courses.

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Immersive learning environments may become the norm in training

Matrix

The human brain, however, has stayed pretty much the same. That’s because the center for all decision making is in our reptilian brain which works on impulses – you see, at the dawn of time, the most important decisions were whether to run from or confront the bear and a deep philosophical approach would have meant imminent extinction.

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In two minds

Learning with e's

Visual and verbal information are processed in different ways along discrete pathways in the brain, and these are thought to create different mental representations. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Giving children pictures and words in combination can provide them with the best chances to learn concepts.