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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. Are there more pictures of problems?

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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. And so on.” “In

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Understanding How We Learn: Video vs. Text

fewStones

How Our Brains Process Information Remembering Things Remembering things is making mental notes in your brain. When you learn something, your brain takes snapshots using your senses, such as seeing, hearing, or feeling. It then stores these snapshots, a bit like putting photos into an album. Let’s get started!

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ASTD TechKnowledge Wrap Up in Pictures #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

I know my brain was full but invigorated! Here are some other highlights of the conference, in pictures: Talking authoring tools and HTML5 at TK Chat with Dave Anderson of Articulate, Patrick Krekelberg of Allen Interactions, Thomas Toth and Judy Unrein. Perhaps a picture of the way things will be? Stuart Crabb of Facebook.

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Tips for Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Brains switch off when we see a slide full of bullet points. Our brains are active for language processing but nothing else. When we hear stories, our brains light up all over–we experience a story as if we were part of it. Our brains are wired to learn from stories. A: Full bleed photos are good when you can.

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What’s the real cost of eye candy?

Making Change

It’s strong for the eyes but weak for the brain. Activity 1: Graphics and slides ate my brain. Activity 2: Just one photo and lots more brain. Here’s the same type of conversation, but developed with just one photo and lots more branching. The cost of eye candy is often a too-easy activity.

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PowerPoint for Windows PC vs PowerPoint for Mac OS

BrightCarbon

Here at BrightCarbon we have a rather unique perspective on compatibility because we tend to look at PowerPoint with two brains. The first is the ‘user brain’: like many of you, we use PowerPoint every day to create presentations, videos, documents and more. The second is the ‘developer brain’: this is our add-ins development team!

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