Magic EdTech

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All these cases hints to the information overload. Cognitive load theory, Instructional Design theory comes to the rescue, it prescribes a scientific way to design learning materials at a pace and level of complexity that the learner can fully understand. Let us understand how the human brain processes information.

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Vignettes Learning

MARCH 16, 2011

However, the influx of information to an individual’s brain may prove to be debilitating to one’s decision making process or may result to learning paralysis for learners. A serious side effect is “ brain freeze.” In her study, volunteers’ brain activities were measured with an fMRI. In “Dying for Information?”

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Learnnovators

MAY 16, 2014

Micro learning suits the constraints of the human brain with respect to its attention span. This approach aligns with research that proves we learn better when engaged in short, focused sessions, than hour-long sessions that cause information overload.

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Infopro Learning

MAY 10, 2016

Timing is Everything Series: Intro , Anxiety, (Part 2 Information Overload coming May 17th). Although it might sound counterintuitive, the anxiety that employees feel to perform on the job at the outset of a training program actually helps them to retain information more effectively. First Principles of Instruction.”

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Infopro Learning

MAY 10, 2016

Timing is Everything Series: Intro , Anxiety, (Part 2 Information Overload coming May 17th). Although it might sound counterintuitive, the anxiety that employees feel to perform on the job at the outset of a training program actually helps them to retain information more effectively. First Principles of Instruction.”

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Vignettes Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

However, what works in our brain is something like this. " It jolts our brain to relate to past experiences. Heightened experiences To access these stored episodes and stories, an equally heightened experience or reminder is needed. Exaggeration We respond to exaggeration. Chunk Content, Faster and Cheaper Focus on critical content.

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Vignettes Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2017

According to Dr. Daniel Levitin, PhD , author of the bestselling book This is Your Brain On Music, we process 34 gigabytes of information during our leisure time alone and we would have created a world with 300 exabytes of human made information. How do let go of the need to know everything?

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Learnnovators

MAY 17, 2014

Micro learning suits the constraints of the human brain with respect to its attention span. This approach aligns with research that proves we learn better when engaged in short, focused sessions, than hour-long sessions that cause information overload.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 15, 2019

The dreaded data dump: no one wants to sit through anything that overloads them with information overload. Overloading your audience with too much information leads to LESS understanding – not more! Contrary to what many people think, our brains do not work like video recorders. Less really is more.

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Vignettes Learning

MAY 28, 2013

Micro-scenarios prevents information overload and gives learners more capacity to focus and accumulate information. Allow, facilitate or elicit conversations, comments, relating and finding more information. Although our brains are powerful, we can only process a quantified amount of data at a given time.

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Thinkdom

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It impairs your memory: Doom scrolling can also affect your ability to process and retain new information. When you’re constantly exposed to negative news, your brain releases stress hormones that impair your cognitive functions. This can help employees avoid information overload and focus on quality over quantity.

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Vignettes Learning

APRIL 29, 2015

The Dump Truck Syndrome Both Subject Matter Experts and Instructional Designers have insights and knowledge that make learning design valuable and worthwhile. Oftentimes, they take a whole bunch of information and dump it straight into their learners. but not if you're training! The result?

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

There are two main reasons why too much information goes into training and it becomes ineffective: Training is designed by the subject matter expert or product owner. An instructional designer isn’t experienced and allows the subject matter expert or product owner to overload the training.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 19, 2012

The vignette,"Symptoms of Info Overload", is a wacky illustration of a serious matter that's creeping into the work environment. You see, when a person begins taking in information beyond what can be handled by the brain, information overload happens. When this happens, then it is no longer funny.

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Vignettes Learning

AUGUST 19, 2015

Daniel Levitin, PhD , author of the bestselling book This is Your Brain On Music, we process 34 gigabytes of information during our leisure time alone and we would have created a world with 300 exabytes of human made information. The challenge for eLearning designers and leaders is to engage users without overwhelming them.

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Vignettes Learning

JULY 30, 2015

Micro-scenarios prevent information overload and give learners more capacity to focus and accumulate information. Rapid learning is achieved by putting lessons in micro-scenarios. Instead of serving the "whole pie of knowledge" all at once, serving slices to elearners is also effective.

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Vignettes Learning

JULY 28, 2015

Micro-scenarios prevent information overload and give learners more capacity to focus and accumulate information. Rapid learning is achieved by putting lessons in micro-scenarios. Instead of serving the "whole pie of knowledge" all at once, serving slices to elearners is also effective.

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eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

One way to do this is to delve into how people learn and how the brain works. 8 Dirty Words - Informal Learning , January 24, 2010 CLO online edition Dirty Words by Jay Cross L ast year I led workshops in London, Madrid , San Jose, Quebec, and Berlin on how to sell social networking and informal learning to senior management.

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TalentLMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Information overload is a huuuge learning turn-off. Our brains are programmed to react strongly to images. The length will depend on the course, but try keeping them as short as three to five minutes. Cover one topic at a time, and don’t try to explain every single detail in one video. Mind your graphics.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

ID - Instructional Design or Interactivity Design in an interconnected world? Performance Learning Productivity , May 28, 2010 Instructional design is not only seen as a core competency for learning and development/training specialists, but it’s a huge industry, too. This post appeared on the TrainingZone.co.uk

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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Of course, this does not mean that micro lessons should only exist as stand-alone learning experiences; indeed, best-practice instructional design encourages sequencing micro lessons to create meaningful connections, as well as linking back to an overarching learning objective. What are microlearning platforms?

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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Of course, this does not mean that micro lessons should only exist as stand-alone learning experiences; indeed, best-practice instructional design encourages sequencing micro lessons to create meaningful connections, as well as linking back to an overarching learning objective. What are microlearning platforms?

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