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Your Brain: The Ultimate Electronic Performance Support System

Dashe & Thomson

According to the author (identified as “memenode” in the article), the journal Science recently conducted a study showing that “reliable and constant access to online information is affecting how we use our memory. Given that the human brain appears to be adopting the strategy, according to Science , it would seem we’ve got the right idea.

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Video games as Good Teachers

Kapp Notes

There is a growing body of research concentrating on the ability of the brain to change in response to stimuli and behaviors that require intense stimulation such as video game playing. It seems that teenage brains are open to lasting physical changes. “In It is called brain plasticity. Wall Street Journal. (pg.

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Music aids learning, but not unconditionally

Mitch Moldofsky

- Willy Shakespeare A lot of ink has been spilled over the question of what effect music has on the brain. Hold that thought, and l et's move on to study #2 , this one from the journal, Educational Technology Research and Development. Oliver Sacks' book Musicophilia ("Music, Ophelia?") tackles the topic in great detail.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | August 13, 2021

Mike Taylor

Your Brain Does Something Amazing Between Bouts of Intense Learning. A new study shows that the brain takes advantage of the rest periods during practice to review new skills, a mechanism that facilitates learning. The work appears in the journal Cell Reports. Buch et al., Where You Can Find Me.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | MAY 22, 2020

Mike Taylor

This is the first week of a graduate level course that I’m teaching at Franklin University in their online Instructional Design & Learning Technology program. How Visuals Engage The Lizard Brain. I love talking about learning, design, and technology. “Not taking things personally is a superpower.”

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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. Paul Matthews on defining learning workflow on the Training Journal podcast Instructionalists with Donald Clark on the Learning Hack podcast Five moments of need on the Learning Uncut podcast. The surprising, science-backed value of boredom at work.

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Virtual reality for pain management

KnowledgeOne

Virtual Reality (VR) is a fascinating technology that allows the user to be transported into a synthetic world they perceive as real and in which they can move and interact. As it evolves rapidly and becomes more accessible, it will stand out as a highly prized technology of the future in many fields, including medicine.