Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Too many people have been talking about learning styles research lately for me to try to cite them all here. Many have commented on the Learning Styles Don’t Exist video, for example. Should we be using learning styles? Using any learning style model makes people too eager to label each other.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

The usual rationale given for why eLearning needs both text and audio is that it accommodates multiple learning styles. Oddly enough, however, it’s a rare day when you hear people say “I learn so much better when my brain is trying to do two things at once.” Why don’t we hear that? Because it’s not true. Properly d.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design).

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LearnDash

APRIL 30, 2020

So, in the interest of promoting better learning, let’s review a few of the biggest myths to see if we can eradicate them for good. Everyone has a learning “style.”. Let’s start with this one as it is one of the most prevalent learning myths out there. You’re either “right-brained” or “left-brained.”.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

How do people really learn? As an instructional designer or learning and development professional, understanding how people learn helps you deliver training that hits the nail on the head. It’s more complicated than learning styles or picking video over written instructions.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, May 21, 2007 Learning Styles as Fortune Telling My research into understanding the role of learning styles in e-Learning continues. Im struck by why I find this topic so interesting.

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Unlike regular classroom-based courses, digital learning poses an additional set of challenges for instructional designers and students alike. Sometimes even the most well-designed courses may not resonate with certain learners. Design for Simplicity. Design with Empathy. Tell Stories.

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

I took a course on learning styles a few years ago. The instructor pointed out that training practitioners tend to design instruction that caters to their own dominant learning styles. Learning styles have to do with how people perceive and process new information. By Shelley A.

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Making Change

JUNE 10, 2013

We design activities, not information. When instruction is part of the solution, we don’t preach or present to learners. We stand firm in our belief that learners have brains and should be allowed to use them. We stand firm in our belief that learners have brains and should be allowed to use them. Never again!”

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 18, 2018

How To Use Design Thinking To Create Better Custom eLearning Solutions. In my previous blogs on Whole Brain Learning and Kolb’s learning styles, I talked about how we can improve the learning process by using certain strategies that are targeted to individual learning styles. A Case Study.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 10, 2007 Learning Styles In 1996, when I first started working as an "instructional designer", I was taught about learning styles. Imagine my confusion.

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The Learning Circuits

JULY 1, 2010

There's been a lot of discussion around cognitive theory and "how the brain learns." But even with all of that discussion there's a question of whether people are really making changes to the design of their online learning. So, it should look like: Tony Karrer - e-Learning 2.0

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Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Me brain feels very, very small.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Debunking the Learning Styles Myth As you may know, Ive been on a focused mission to better understand so-called learning styles and their place -- or not -- in e-Learning.

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TalentLMS

MAY 5, 2015

This is a typical misconception; the use of traditional learning material in an online learning environment. It is an experience that stimulates almost all five senses of the human brain. The post The RETAIN Model for Creating Effective Courses appeared first on TalentLMS Blog - eLearning | Instructional Design | LMS.

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TalentLMS

MAY 5, 2015

This is a typical misconception; the use of traditional learning material in an online learning environment. It is an experience that stimulates almost all five senses of the human brain. The post The RETAIN Model for Creating Effective Courses appeared first on TalentLMS Blog - eLearning | Instructional Design | LMS.

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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We’re here to debunk some of those learning myths, starting with one that has incredible staying power. #1 1 – The learning style myth: please make it stop! You don’t have to worry about identifying each person’s learning style and tailoring your instruction to that style. What a relief.

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OpenSesame

MARCH 16, 2012

I’ve recently been reading quite a few articles, tweets and blog posts about whether learning styles exist. If believing in the presence of diverse learning styles makes you a better designer and learning facilitator–great! What is a “learning style”? “, VARK Learn.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Which one is it, should I or shouldn’t I use learning styles to guide my training ChatGPT? It could save time and resources, eliminating the need for human trainers or instructional designers. Imagine a system that can generate training materials on the fly, tailored to the specific needs of employees.

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eLearningMind

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

For instance, it doesn’t tailor the learning experience to the learner as adaptive learning does. Plus, video is a pillar of instructional design for many reasons, such as knowledge retention. And if that doesn’t excite you enough, video-based learning can reduce the duration of your training programs.

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eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 29, 2010

It is great fun and a chance to interact, learn and share with many great instructional designers. Dave_Ferguson : “I Can Haz Smarts: Lolcats Guyd to Learnin Stylz” JaneBozarth : "More Levels for Evaluation by Autopsy" sillym0nkey : Rapid Oganizational Change kelly_smith01 : I’m OK, You’re my SME? See you next Thursday!

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Wonderful Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

You’d think with all of this proven—and nowhere is it more evident than in large corporations—that learning programs would have been adjusted to align instruction with M proclivities for workplace education. A young millennial in sales is being taught essentially in the exact opposite learning style that would yield useful results.

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LearnUpon

APRIL 25, 2019

Developed by Malcolm Knowles in 1968, Adult Learning Theory or andragogy is the concept or study of how adults learn and how it differs from children. It aims to show how adult learning is distinct and identify the learning styles which suit them best. Analyze your learning with the theory in mind.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Because of prior commitments, I only got to attend the last day of the TechKnowledge conference, to participate in two panels, one on mobile and one on instructional design, and then listen to the closing session. Instructional Design Panel. Some thoughts stuck with me: The Mobile Panel.

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Ed App

JULY 10, 2020

The learning theory of Cognitivism, for example, was one of the first to acknowledge that different learners process and encode information in different ways, paving the way for more dynamic ways of successfully absorbing and applying information in the future. ” -Kristy Louden, Instructional Designer, Design x Humanity.

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Vignettes Learning

JUNE 8, 2014

What happens to the brain when it's exposed to an effective interactive story experience? Cause and Effect: The Story in a Nutshell Brains light up and get pumped up when we tell or listen to good stories. Multiple sections of the subjects' brains were lighting up as though they were experiencing the story in real life!

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Matrix

AUGUST 11, 2020

Learners who are genuinely enthusiastic and want to participate fully in the experience are crucial to the success of a learning intervention. Challenges can be set up to be tacked either individually or as part of a group and modern technology offers enough flexibility that gamified modules can appeal to all learning styles.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 4, 2014

THE JOURNEY: We love mobile learning, and are excited about its potential, not just for learning, but also for performance support! As you would know, we have been trying our best to listen to some of the best brains in the world to get inspired. I’d like to make other performance support apps for instructional designers.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Understanding the foundation of what makes the instructional design so effective, can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. Learning Styles. One of the first challenges that presents itself is truly understanding your users learning styles.

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Vignettes Learning

MAY 22, 2014

All it takes is an understanding of how the learner's brain works and use that to design interactive stories that make your session objectives come alive. The Learner's Brain and Stories In her 4MAT principle of learner types, Bernice McCarthy categories most learners into four distinct types: 1.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JANUARY 3, 2011

Social Learning Strategies Checklist - Social Enterprise Blog , January 11, 2010. Four roles for social media in workplace learning - Clive on Learning , September 28, 2010. ID - Instructional Design or Interactivity Design in an interconnected world? Performance Learning Productivity , May 28, 2010.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 16, 2019

Cut out the “bling,” such as decorative images or animations, complicated navigation, extraneous “nice-to-have” information and other design features that make learners work hard just to identify and access the essential information—this adds to the cognitive load. The brain needs time to absorb new information. Mayer & Ruth C.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 5, 2014

They should be called gateways to human knowledge. ” – Ray Kurzweil THE JOURNEY: We love mobile learning, and are excited about its potential, not just for learning, but also for performance support! As you would know, we have been trying our best to listen to some of the best brains in the world to get inspired.

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Matrix

JUNE 7, 2016

Well, I just wanted to see for myself the image processor we call brain in full action. The human brain is said to process visuals 60,000 times faster than it does words. From this to how visual cues affect the adults’ process of learning was just a small step. More often than not, visual learning tops the results.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Applications in Learning Rethinking Learning Styles Understanding E-Learning 2.0 Try Before You Buy Tools Used Better Conferences - Response Needed Roles in CoP's The science of learning Learning 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Interactive learning . Since different learners have different learning styles, the use of animation, graphics, videos, and audio makes learning much more interactive and participatory in nature. Further, in this learning style, the retention rate is higher as the concepts are in the form of interactive and fun videos.

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Adobe Captivate

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The 4Mat model of instruction design is an offshoot of the Kolb’s learning styles. How exactly it can be used to create better digital learning experiences is the focus of this article. The right brain part of the model calls it “why” and “what” of learning. Conclusion.

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