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Understanding Cognitive Load Theory Is Essential for Effective Corporate IT Training

IT Training Department Blog

Few things can derail any type of training quite like too much information. Not only is it the most common reason training is ineffective but it’s way more common than it should be. An instructional designer isn’t experienced and allows the subject matter expert or product owner to overload the training.

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Microlearning: the New Standard for Staff Training

Ed App

This is due to its ability to remain current and updated, essential for our fast-paced corporate environments and rapid technological change. Microlearning courses are also faster to develop and deploy, therefore allowing companies to train employees quickly and thoroughly. Sound familiar? Want to know more? Sources: [link].

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory. Because its true -- you can impress your clients and peers by working "cognitive load" into a sentence. Im not a big theory person. Im not a big theory person.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Essential Reading for Instructional Design?

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 15, 2008 Essential Reading for Instructional Design? As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ? Im not looking for the obtuse theory books.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Another take on Cognitive Load Theory

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Another take on Cognitive Load Theory The authors of the Eide Neurolearning Blog weigh in on recent research and articles on cognitive load (including the death of Powerpoint that have been talked about here ).

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. The article cites new research from the University of New South Wales (home of John Sweller, "founding father" of Cognitive Load Theory). The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster," Professor Sweller said. "It

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Jane Bozarth: Better than Bullet Points

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Session hosted by Training Magazine. It’s very easy to load content on slides – but it takes more creativity to move learner to actual understanding! Effective design using PPT as a tool. Not PPT 101. Why PowerPoint?

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