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Bit by the Instructional Design Bug: A Conversation with Connie Malamed

TalentLMS

We picked Connie’s brain about all things instructional design, took a deep dive into its evolution, and explored various career paths of this versatile profession. And even though the models are not perfect, just understanding how we learn, and how the brain theoretically works, is key to being able to design well.

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The Neurobiology of Why Your Learner’s Brain Responds to Great Storytelling

Maestro

It doesn’t matter: our brains are wired for stories, and it’s in our nature to look to stories in order to build trust, empathy, and make sense of the world around us. Here, cortisol is in response to the action of a story—the danger, risk, or potential reward that the characters are facing triggers the release of cortisol in our brains.

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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! Learn more → Demystifying Desirable Difficulties.

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Learningtogo Is a Constant Contact All-Star – Thanks to You!

Learningtogo

The Learningtogo Brain and Learning newsletter has been awarded the Constant Contact 2016 All Star designation. When I think that we started this blog in 2015 with only 18 subscribers (including members of my family), I’m so proud to see where we’ve coming in just two years. John Cheevers said, ““I can’t write without a reader.

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Friday Find Finds — Evidence-based Training Lessons, Signal vs Noise, Persuasive Copywriting

Mike Taylor

Each morning, The Sample sends you one article from a random blog or newsletter that matches up with your interests. If only we could sort what matters from what doesn’t.The good news is that you can train your brain to evaluate the quality of information with Richard Feynman’s 7 “Tricks” for Evaluating Information.

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Friday Finds — Cultivating Capabilities, Design Rules, xAPI

Mike Taylor

Learn more → Ten Great Books on How to Learn Better Newsletter regular Scott Young has share a list of his 10 favorite approachable and actionable books on learning with a few ‘bonus’ books thrown in for learning specific subjects. Learn more→ Say goodbye to manual work and save your brain for the big stuff. Pre-order today.

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Friday Finds — AI Revolution, Prompt Engineering, Reducing Info Overload

Mike Taylor

To fully realize this potential, educators and teachers need to be properly trained and supported in the use of AI technology Learn more → MARGE: A Whole Brain Approach for Students and Teachers Check out this free eBook on Arthur Shimamura’s MARGE Model which stands for Motivation, Attention, Retention, Generalization, and Evaluation.