Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 15, 2024

Read on for information about last month’s Women of Learning and Development Conference, a recent study about how users view slides, and supporting autistic learners. Cognitive Load, Student Attention, and PowerPoint Presentations Do you ever wonder how much of your slides learners are actually reading?

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 3, 2023

These strategies can help us manage our cognitive load and prioritize our attention in a world full of distractions. However, to become a more effective behavioral designer, we must always be open to learning from the latest research and field experiences. 158] Why Human Connection Is The Key To Effective Branding | Matt Johnson 160.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

In particular, their cognitive affordances, what they do that you can’t do in other ways. It had enough cognitive and technological overhead that if you didn’t inherently need those two things, there were better ways. Remember going to an event in Second Life, only to be subjected to a slide show?

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Tesseract Learning

MARCH 11, 2022

This article showcases 3 effective examples of custom eLearning training. Effective Custom eLearning Examples. This article will look at 3 effective and impactful examples of custom eLearning training: 1. The learners can see a visual map of their learning journey in the initial slides. Conclusion.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It’s effective from a learning perspective and really engages students. I’ve included the slides from the presentation and slide on using PollEverywhere and writing directly in PowerPoint in slideshow mode. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Cognition and Instruction , 5(4), 289-309.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 18, 2023

However, there is a growing body of research supporting the effectiveness of educational comics. This may require providing leaders with resources, success stories and evidence-based research to demonstrate their effectiveness. Addressing barriers against using educational comics requires raising awareness about their benefits.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Brains switch off when we see a slide full of bullet points. It’s a narrative about cause and effect. Manage cognitive load. Stories help us activate prior knowledge, minimize cognitive load so more brain power focused on learning transfer. Our brains are active for language processing but nothing else.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Cognitive theorists believe that as new information enters the working memory, earlier information is pushed out. This seems to miss the opportunity to take advantage of the recency effect. How can we take advantage of the recency effect? A fill-in-the-blank slide. Do you use it to take advantage of the recency effect?

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

More accessible presentation slides can be the difference between your audience fully engaging with your content and your audience tuning out and missing out. Luckily, there are some easy steps you can take to increase the accessibility of your slides. And, if your audience miss out you miss out! Use legible fonts. 28pt or larger.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 13, 2020

It’s not just getting someone to go on screen and say EXACTLY what is on the PowerPoint slide at the moment. Ask the question aloud, type it in the chat, and be sure you have a welcome slide with the question on it. 2) Create slides that are mini-activities by asking thought-provoking, open-ended questions. Less is more!

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Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

These include, Managing Cognitive Load: Cognitive load refers to the number of working memory resources a person is using. Heavy cognitive load can have adverse effects on task completion. And it’s important to note that the experience of cognitive load is not the same in everyone. Network effect.

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TalentLMS

APRIL 27, 2023

Simply organizing and delivering training hoping it will be effective, won’t do the trick. You can also share the presentation slides and a transcription, too, to accommodate people who prefer reading rather than watching. The post Tackling barriers to learning: Effective solutions for the workplace appeared first on TalentLMS Blog.

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Wizcabin

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

However, research has it that microlearning videos are the most effective. Microlearning Videos Reduce Cognitive Overload And Help To Boost Learners’ Retention Ability. On the other hand, cognitive overload can hinder the way learners retain knowledge. That’s because they are short and better to engage learners.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Nothing is less motivating and aggravating than waiting through every eLearning slide. This post explores why locking eLearning navigation is likely a massive misstep in the quest for effective online education. Locking eLearning navigation assumes that exposing people to content will result in effective learning.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 3, 2017

Here are the slides from my keynote (but no peaking until it’s over). What we missed on the mission is provide in the information below (and in the slides above). Try to build cognitive curiosity by making learners believe their knowledge structures are inconsistent or incomplete.

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 18, 2023

Last Week’s Most Clicked Neuroscience Warns Against the Thank You Slide News & Notes Focus on the ‘Learning’ of MicroLearning This post from the Learning Scientists blog by Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva delves into the concept of “microlearning.” These lessons should focus on limited content to avoid cognitive overload.

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Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 11, 2023

While some effective methods for doing this include simulations and game-based education, eLearning video is the most widely used contemporary educational tool. From marketing to higher education, eLearning videos are a highly effective format to boost engagement and retention rates.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For example, frequent paragraph returns make content easier to read for users with cognitive disabilities, but the excessive scrolling that results is problematic for users with chronic joint pain or other disabilities affecting fine motor skills. People with cognitive disabilities may need to refer to written information.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 13, 2013

2011) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games. A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. Here is a slide deck that references many of the slides and research from this session. Sitzmann, T. Wouters, P., van Nimwegen, C.,

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CourseArc

JUNE 21, 2017

By differing your tone and varying your speech pattern, you can provide additional context to the subject matter through vocal inflection – something that even the most effective slide decks can’t accomplish! But there’s also a cognitive duel happening: our brains simply can’t read and listen at the same time.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 27, 2011

The recency effect tells us that people are more likely to remember information from the end of a sequence. Cognitive theorists believe that as new information enters the working memory, earlier information is pushed out. How can we apply this principle to improve eLearning effectiveness? By Shelley A. Illustrative story.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 12, 2018

As instructional designers, we aim to design eLearning courses such that it reduces cognitive overload and gives a sense of accomplishment to the learner. But what is the secret sauce to create effective eLearning courses? Infographics are one of the best visual tools to hook learner’s attention and convey message effectively.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 7, 2015

eLearning courses, training and presentation slides, and learning portals are visual mediums. Also, relevant graphics are an important element for facilitating comprehension and reducing cognitive load. Malamed: My first book, Visual Language for Designers, presents design principles based on cognitive psychology.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Traditional classroom training, though effective for other trainings, may not be the right option for compliance training. It can be a click that takes them to a different slide or a thought-provoking situation that prompts them to reflect and react. Content chunking defeats cognitive overload.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

AUGUST 3, 2009

The Many Faces of Cognitive Load Theory - ASTD. Cognitive load theory has been used to generate a wide range of instructional procedures, some of which are summarized here. The split-attention effect. The split-attention effect. The modality effect. The redundancy effect. The expertise reversal effect.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 26, 2021

The Wynhurst Group found that effectively onboarded new hires were 58% more likely to still be with their employer after three years. This is beyond sharing a PowerPoint slide with the mission, vision and values. There a lot of cognitive overload potential. The Disconnect. This is telling the culture story.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 15, 2022

Even if you don’t want to send a newsletter, there is lots of good info in here about how to more effectively keep up with whatever topics you want to stay informed about. Unfortunately, the PowerPoint interface guides people towards creating slides that contradict current research in cognitive science.

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Hurix Digital

AUGUST 8, 2023

Effective employee training and development are crucial to staying competitive and adapting to the ever-changing landscape of technology and business practices. The accelerated shift toward hybrid workplaces challenges organizations to deliver engaging and effective learning experiences in a virtual environment.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2017

There will be survivors of the downward slide and always a need for self-paced eLearning. Cognitive Learning products include: cognitive assessments, intelligent tutors, mobile brain training edugames, brain fitness games and applications. Yes and no.

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 23, 2023

8) Last Week’s Most Clicked: AI-Powered Learning Design News & Notes Facts Don’t Change Minds This is a thought-provoking article that explores the role of propaganda in shaping public opinion and argues that it can be an effective tool for persuasion despite its negative connotations.

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OpenSesame

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Traditional methods of educational transference (books, lectures and most online training programs) have far less of an effect on contemporary employees than one might think. Bloom’s Taxonomy), there are three domains in which learners attain information: Cognitive (learning facts and figures). Psychomotor (hands on).

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Superb Learning

APRIL 25, 2020

Note: In this article I am talking about webinars or VILT as a training tool, to provide an effective learning experience. VILT allows people to stay in their location and travel, accommodation and venue hire costs are effectively eliminated. Cognitive load. What are the benefits? Increased capacity. How do I get started?

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As far back as 2018, McKinsey Global Institute declared that in the future demand will be high for “skills that machines aren’t good at doing: social and emotional skills, creativity and applying high levels of cognitive function and expertise.” begin by asking their clients, “What do you want your audience to take away from this slide?”

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Kapp Notes

MAY 18, 2012

Yet, he still concluded, and I quote directly from his research paper: … games can provide effective learning for a variety of learners for several different tasks (e.g., 6) [and]… The second “claim,” that games enhance cognitive learning, continues to be supported. math, attitudes, electronics, and economics)…(p.6)

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 17, 2022

Last week’s most clicked item: How to Fill a Horizontal Slide With a Vertical Image. Retrieval practice before generative learning is more effective than the reverse order. Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem solving.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 23, 2022

How to Fill a Horizontal Slide With a Vertical Image. In need of a quick fix for an image that just won’t fit your slide? Just follow these easy steps and watch as your slide transforms before your eyes. Overwhelmed by the never-ending bullet points and cluttered slides of PowerPoint? And the best part?

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Ontuitive

JUNE 14, 2016

We hosted a panel session entitled "Forgetting What we Know: Re-conceiving Performance Support as Performance Learning," with L&D industry professionals and a scholar from field of cognitive psychology. We also had a blast hosting "Lightning Rounds" of presentations by invited colleagues.

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