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Friday Finds —Cognitive Load, Slow Ideas, Plain Language

Mike Taylor

Cognitive load is influenced by motivation, task elements, and background knowledge. Cognitive load is influenced by motivation, task elements, and background knowledge. He shares some examples of initiatives that vividly demonstrate the effectiveness of person-to-person efforts in transforming norms and saving lives.

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Accessibility Matters: The Fundamentals of Achieving Accessible Content

CourseArc

is a modified version of Microsoft’s Inclusive Design Toolkit. For example, an ESL learner or learners outside the U.S. Overuse of color can cause cognitive overload and distractions. This image, created by Elisabeth Aguilera and Netta Korhonen, from Arbetsförmedlingen.se level AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1

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Modeling mental models

Clark Quinn

Despite their utility, grounding in fundamental cognition, and value in learning, they continue to be absent or misunderstood in our learning interventions. For example, feedback loops are a mental model. Then we use examples to demonstrate models in context, showing how the abstract concepts map to real world elements.

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Scenario-based learning: Success Factors

Upside Learning

For example, it’s instead the setup, decision, consequences, and outcomes. To do so requires choosing an appropriate set of contexts across which they see (both in examples outside the scenarios as well as the ones experienced within). Similarly, the examples should complement the practice in creating the overall experience.

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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? It highlights that while some studies suggest animations can hinder learning, others show benefits, emphasizing the need for educators to consider their material’s specific context and cognitive demands when deciding to use animations.

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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 Makes sense. Jean Marrapodi 11:39 AM Cammy Bean said.

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[INTERVIEW] Foundations of Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism – Online Course

KnowledgeOne

For example, we live in a present created by dispossession, genocide, enslavement, and ongoing settler colonial projects. Many people wanted a toolkit or a 1-hour seminar – thinking that was all that was needed to either “understand” or “solve” racism. Cognitive Bias in Education: Test Your Knowledge!