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Want to Upgrade Your L&D Results? Speak to the Primal Brain

Mike Taylor

While there’s a treasure trove of marketing strategies that could enrich the L&D landscape, one stands out as the linchpin: speaking to the primal brain. (I ” The Missing Link: Speaking to the Primal Brain Enter the Dual Processing Theory , or as I prefer to call it, the art of “speaking to the primal brain.”

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Friday Finds — Summer Book Lists, Art of Learning, Bad Design

Mike Taylor

Learn more → 4 Proven Toolkits to Master the Art of Learning A meta-study on learning, memory, and metacognitive processes revealed that most learners hold outdated beliefs and commit errors that can hinder rather than enhance learning effectiveness. In this article, Eva Keiffenheim shares four of the best toolkits for learning how to learn.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit

Learning Visions

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory. And, more importantly, you can improve your design when you understand the theory. (Im

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Friday Finds —Cognitive Load, Slow Ideas, Plain Language

Mike Taylor

Take away : Cognitive load theory provides valuable insights into how various factors impact our ability to effectively use our working memory resources Learn more → Slow Ideas Some innovations spread fast. It has three types: intrinsic, extraneous, and germane load. Intrinsic load is about the task itself.

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Friday Finds — Animations for Learning, Make Your Own GPT, Designing to Persuade

Mike Taylor

Last Week’s Most Clicked Sludge Toolkit News & Notes Do Animations Improve Learning? These elements are grounded in psychological and marketing theories and ensure your message captures attention and influences behavior. Thanks for reading! What I’m Listening To Today I’ve got Chris James queued up for listening to while I work.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities

Learning Visions

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Scientists are finding ways to change the brain through intellectual exercises. Havent yet read that brain plasticity book , but its on my list.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations

Learning Visions

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." (You Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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