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Why A Micro Content Strategy Works And How Brain Science Supports This Learning Method

eLearning Industry

Microlearning ties into the wiring and function of the human brain. This article examines the connections between MicroLearning, brain science, attention spans, and Just-In-Time delivery. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. No matter the various learning styles and preferences, learning in smaller bites works.

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Creating Better Content with Lessons Learned from Brain Research

CourseArc

from Brain Research. The brain is arguably one of the most complex organs of the body, and one we still do not fully understand. Understanding the brain helps us understand learning. What we know about how the brain functions has advanced by leaps and bounds since the 1990s (dubbed the Decade of the Brain by the U.S.

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Effective eLearning Content Development to prevent Cognitive Overload

Thinkdom

Did you know that the human brain can only process about four pieces of information at a time? Your employees may face this in their eLearning courses, if they are exposed to an excess of information without proper structuring or pacing. Imagine your brain as a computer with a certain amount of processing power.

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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

Dashe & Thomson

The era of “left brain” dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which “right brain” qualities-inventiveness, empathy, meaning-predominate. I’ve often wondered what all this right-brained thinking means for the learning industry. Good content. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Give Your Microlearning Strategy a Makeover

Speaker: Margie Meacham

How microlearning builds engagement and retention in the learner’s brain. Microlearning isn’t just a way to design new learning; it can be a way to revitalize existing content too. You’ll learn…. A step-by-step method for evaluating existing content to determine if it is a good fit for a microlearning approach.

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Chunking Information to Design eLearning

B Online Learning

This blog post covers a recent online conversation I had with an attendee at one of our eLearning Design Essentials workshops. How do I convert a large training manual into a short eLearning module? I thought it might be useful to share our conversation with some of you. One of the ways we achieve this is through ‘chunking’.

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The Ultimate Brain Food: Performance Support | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

According to Urban Dictionary: Your exobrain (or exo-brain) is your extended brainpower from the information you have access to from your computer or the web. Web-based learning portals are the ultimate brain food — extending brain power by positioning learning and How-To reference material close to the job, 24/7.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.