eLearningMind
OCTOBER 3, 2016
The grinning woman eating a salad; the perfectly multicultural meeting; the man with a headset: these are the standards for stock photography. And while it definitely has its place, stock photography isn’t the gold standard when it comes to learning. Remove unconscious bias. It better directs focus. Shows nonverbal communication.
BrightCarbon
MAY 10, 2023
If ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, how much value do visuals of people in our presentations have? In fact, almost half our brain is involved in visual processing and can identify images in as little as 13 milliseconds. Studies have shown that pictures on social media with humans attract more views than pictures without.
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eLearningMind
DECEMBER 14, 2022
You’ve probably heard that the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Perhaps you even know that MIT found that the brain could recognize images in as little as 13 milliseconds—literally in the blink of an eye. But do you know why brains love images over other forms of information? Photographs.
Learning Visions
JANUARY 31, 2013
We post updates and pictures, and links, and deals. Brodmann’s Area 10 – the area of brain involved with multi-tasking. Our brains adapt. Instead our brains are built to adapt. To reach the next generation: speak in games, photography. Flexible devices (that bend and flex)—think Paper 2.0. It’s not evolution.
eLearningMind
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
That’s because brains love to track movement, see pictures, and follow stories: it’s how it was designed. They are expressive and timeless enough to be an alternative to using human models or stock photography (whose style often quickly looks outdated). Why use illustrations and animation in eLearning?
SmartUp
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Remember those days where we used Instagram purely to post heavily filtered selfies or food pictures, or when our mobile phones were purely just for communication? Applications are continuing to emerge for learning languages, training both brain hemispheres, and more — and the market is still growing. . A little a day goes a long way.
Litmos
MARCH 13, 2018
Once you recognize that your own use of mobile is more around notes, navigation, calendar, contacts, pictures, and more, not courses, you can start to explore the possibilities. The big picture is providing help in the moment to counter our cognitive gaps. There are limits to our brains. And that requires a different mindset.
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