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Writing Process from Brain Dump to Storyboard

Experiencing eLearning

Specifically, she wanted to know how I get from content like a SME “brain dump” to a finalized storyboard that’s ready for elearning development. Sometimes, a SME writes some sort of “brain dump” of what they know and think is important. Last week, an ID asked me about my writing process.

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How BRAIN-SCIENCE and a Psychologically Safe Environment Transforms Virtual Learning

InSync Training

The term “brain-science” is used to introduce new and improved approaches to instructional design and delivery. Experienced facilitators strive to create a psychologically safe environment where learners feel free to ask questions without judgment or ridicule from their peers.

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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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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. No matter the various learning styles and preferences, learning in smaller bites works. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems.

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Your Brain on Change

Learningtogo

Your Brain on Change. The first thing we need to understand about the human brain is that it evolved to keep us safe in a dangerous world, where our ancestors met deadly threats at every turn. For those of us who are responsible for change management, we need to consider how the brain responds to change. by Margie Meacham.

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The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions

Learningtogo

The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions. The Brain on Change. One of the key points in that article is that our brain is structured with one primary purpose: to keep us alive so that we can transmit our genes to the next generation. Changing the Brain to Change Behavior. Rich Brain/Poor Brain.

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Mapping Brain Science to Application

Learningtogo

Mapping Brain Science to Application. The post Mapping Brain Science to Application appeared first on Learning To Go. by Margie Meacham. Margie Meacham’s presentation on Mapping Neuroscience to Application, filmed at the Elearning Guild’s Learning Solutions 2015 conference, Orlando, March 2015. BrainyBot™. HR Training Bot.

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How Brain Science is Transforming Virtual Training

InSync Training

In the past few years, you may have seen the term “brain science” used to introduce some (purportedly) new and improved approach to instruction, whether it be a design, instructional technique, or instructional delivery methodology (e.g., virtual training).

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How Our Brains Learn

Webanywhere

Learning is an ever-evolving process that involves our brain’s intricate workings and understanding of various concepts. Dr Britt Andreatta, a renowned learning expert, provides us with new insights into how our brains learn, develop habits, and retain information. This helps to make learning stick.

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Leading Successful Change to Remote Training

Speaker: Dr. Britt Andreatta, PhD, CEO, 7th Mind, Inc.

Whether you’re managing the impromptu digital transformation of your company, or training new employees at a distance, make time to join Dr. Britt Andreatta, former Chief Learning Officer at Lynda.com and author of several books on the brain science of success, as she covers: The unique challenges of training employees in new software - especially (..)

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Your Brain Is Wired for Music

Learningtogo

Your Brain Is Wired for Music. While Pythagoras didn’t have the benefit of today’s brain imaging technology, he just may have been right. Human brains interpret waves that fall between 20 to 20,000 Hz as sound. Playing a Musical Instrument Changes Your Brain. Our Brains Are Predicting the Next Note.

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How our brains learn to hate

Chief Learning Officer

It is in the process of learning to fend and defend — and avoid the grievous pain of disconnection — that our brain learns to hate. Distilled, there are three things our brains cannot tolerate: rejection , cognitive dissonance and the most incendiary of all, unfairness. or “Rage Score =11!” Repetition breeds habit. What’s driving this?

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[VIDEO] Decoding the brain

KnowledgeOne

The brain never ceases to amaze us, this organ that allows us to be aware of ourselves and of others, to speak, to think, to juggle with symbols, to create, to learn. Read our article on more interesting facts about our brain! The post [VIDEO] Decoding the brain appeared first on KnowledgeOne.

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4 aspects of the brain revealed by neuroimaging

KnowledgeOne

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) or neuroimaging is a technology that allows live and safe visualization of brain structure and activity. Its advent in the 1990s has led to significant advances in our knowledge of the brain, confirming or refuting certain hypotheses while opening up new avenues of research.

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Digital Learning Tips and Tricks from Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer, Learningtogo

Does digital media work differently in the brain than information coming in from "the real world?" Join "Brain Lady" Margie Meacham for a quick-paced review of the latest tips and tricks as revealed by neuroscience. When you understand how the brain works, you'll find that your work is easier, and your results are better.

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Use Brain Science to Improve Your Online Courses

Client Engagement Academy

The post Use Brain Science to Improve Your Online Courses appeared first on Client Engagement Academy. Luckily, you don’t need to be a doctor in neuroscience to set your students (and business) up for success. You just need to take advantage of the following learning science principles.

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5 Brain Facts That Influence How People Learn

Dashe & Thomson

If you want to create powerful learning experiences, it’s very helpful to get an understanding of how the brain works. While technology changes at an incredible rate, the brain evolves slowly. The following “brain facts” will help provide a more thorough understanding of the mysterious muscle that is the brain.

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What Happens in the Brain When You learn a Language?

Your Training Edge

What exactly happens to your brain when you’re in the process of learning a foreign language? Well, the brain literally expands. Your Brain Expands. Learning a second language can cause your brain to grow in size. This was discovered by scientists from Lund University in Sweden after months of practical research.

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Friday Finds — Primitive Brain, ChatGPT Productivity, Steal Like an Artist

Mike Taylor

Last Week’s Most Clicked: Creating Better Video for Learning News & Notes Your Primitive Brain Doesn’t Want You to Break Bad Habits. Science Can Help Breaking bad habits can be tough due to our primitive brains, which are wired to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

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How Healthy is Your Learning Program? Protect the Physical and Mental Health of Your Learners With These Insights From Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer of Learningtogo, LLC

The answers to these questions lie in new scientific research on how online learning can actually alter the structure of the brain -- and these changes might be inhibiting learning, making your employees physically ill, and motivating them to run from you as fast as they can. Why are our best people looking for other jobs?

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Pick my brain?

Clark Quinn

It’s a continual bane of a consultant’s existence that there are people who want to ‘pick your brain’ It’s really asking for free consulting, and as such, it’s insulting. However, there are quite legitimate ways to pick my brain and I thought I’d mention a couple. The post Pick my brain?

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Friday Finds — Brain Myths, Desirable Difficulties, Curation Tools

Mike Taylor

Last Week’s Most Clicked: Visual design rules you can safely follow every time News & Notes Three major things most people get wrong about the brain A neuroscientist has come out with a list of things most people don’t understand about the brain. But don’t worry!

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3 Ages of the Brain Under the Microscope of Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

Over the last few decades, neuroscience has begun to confirm or refute certain hypotheses we had about how the brain works, in addition to leading us down new paths of knowledge. However, thanks to brain imaging, we know a little more about some of its particularities at different stages of life and their links with learning.

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What Happens in a Story…Happens in Your Brain

Kapp Notes

Well, it turns out that there is empirical evidence to suggest that we actually do “act out” the story at some level in our brains or, at least, in the regions of the brain associated with aspects such as processing goal-directed human activity, navigating spatial environments, and manually manipulating objects in the real world.

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From Surviving to Thriving: Returning to what science says about how we think, work, and learn

Speaker: Clark Quinn, Ph.D., Author and Executive Director of Quinnovation

The underlying reason is that we’re not well aligned with how our brains really work! In this session, Dr. Clark Quinn, Executive Director of Quinnovation and author of the forthcoming book Learning Science for Instructional Designers and Revolutionize Learning & Development , will lead us through how our brain works.

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Non-invasive Brain Surgery

Clark Quinn

The brain is arguably the most complex thing in the known universe. Well, we do know that the brain can rewire itself, if we do it right. Well, we do know that the brain can rewire itself, if we do it right. And if we design learning, e.g. instruction, we can potentially change the brain without surgery. Scandalous.

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Dude, Where’s My car? Fixing Brain Fog

Learning Rebels

Brain fog, UGH. Technically, brain fog is the feeling of confusion, forgetfulness, or a lack of focus. Traditionally, our thoughts have been that brain fog is something that happens from time to time. Traditionally, our thoughts have been that brain fog is something that happens from time to time. Fix the Brain Fog.

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MOOCs and Brain-Based Learning: The Perfect Combination?

Your Training Edge

Over the past few years, there has also been a huge amount of new research into the brain basis of learning, which has lead to a host of new and more effective teaching strategies. We’ll also look at some ways to effectively implement brain-based learning in MOOCs. What does the research say about how the brain learns?

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The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions

Learningtogo

The Brain on Change. One of the key points in that article is that our brain is structured with one primary purpose: to keep us alive so that we can transmit our genes to the next generation. It turns out that health and lifestyle choices have a significant effect on the brain’s ability to change. . Rich Brain/Poor Brain.

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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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The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions

Learningtogo

The Brain on Change. One of the key points in that article is that our brain is structured with one primary purpose: to keep us alive so that we can transmit our genes to the next generation. It turns out that health and lifestyle choices have a significant effect on the brain’s ability to change. . Rich Brain/Poor Brain.

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Brain activity in numbers

KnowledgeOne

Our brain is never really at rest. Our brain is then in “default network” (DN) mode, the most important of the functional networks in the resting state, which is associated with our introspective mental activities. That’s how little time it takes for our brain’s default network (DN) to disconnect or reconnect.

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5 Ways to Attract ‘Left-Brained’ Online Learners

CommLab India

It takes our entire brain, left and right sides, to assimilate information. Our learning behavior is frequently dominated by one side of the brain. In this blog, we discuss 5 tips for engaging left-brain learners online.

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5 Captivating Ways to Attract Right-Brain Online Learners

CommLab India

Whole brain learning combines left-brain fact-based paradigms with right-brain abstract visual patterns. Read on to explore ideas to incorporate entire brain learning into your training and 5 amazing pointers to involve right-brain learners online.

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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.

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Does Your Brain Need Santa Claus?

Learningtogo

One key to understanding why magical thinking exists is to understand the brain’s capacity to predict future events based on past experience. The brain does this by paying attention to changes in the environment and linking current and past events together to build a reliable model of the world. The brain is still a gigantic mystery.

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Does Your Brain Need Santa Claus?

Learningtogo

One key to understanding why magical thinking exists is to understand the brain’s capacity to predict future events based on past experience. The brain does this by paying attention to changes in the environment and linking current and past events together to build a reliable model of the world. The brain is still a gigantic mystery.

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3 Brain Tips for Smarter Training

Reflection Software

Our brains are capable of AMAZING things! As instructional designers, knowing a little bit about how our brains work can help us ensure our training sticks and that the knowledge that we are imparting can be successfully applied by our learners. Other times. they struggle to remember where we put our car keys the night before.

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Brain and neuroscience: test your knowledge!

KnowledgeOne

Do you know the characteristics of the brain at different life stages? Do you know how stress affects the brain and how to help the brain to relax? Find out more: Brain activity in numbers. A) The brain retains the ability to evolve and adapt throughout life. Do you have any idea how many thoughts we have in a day?

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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.