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Cognitive prostheses

Clark Quinn

While our cognitive architecture has incredible capabilities (how else could we come up with advances such as Mystery Science Theater 3000?), We’ve created tools that allow us to capture things accurately: cameras and microphones with audio recording. it also has limitations. What do we do?

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Tips to Level-Up Your Virtual Learning Game

Learning Rebels

Having tons of text on a slide creates cognitive overload and BOOM zombies. Buy a good microphone/headset. You are setting the tone that it won’t just be a talking head webinar. 2) Create slides that are mini-activities by asking thought-provoking, open-ended questions. Less is more! This is especially true now.

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Smart watches for … learning?

CLO Magazine

The speaker and microphone (and someday an optional camera) in the smart watch will allow us to ask a question and get a rapid, personalized response that comes to the watch or maybe to an earpiece or audio-enhanced glasses or goggles. Imagine bio indicators that could measure your readiness to learn.

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Types of eLearning Videos to Enhance Your Online Education!

Hurix Digital

You only need a camera, an adequate microphone, and good lighting. Increased Knowledge Retention: Interactive videos augment the cognitive load on the learner by enabling various tasks and decision-making, thereby accelerating the retention rate. Some examples of talking head videos include TED talks and class recordings.

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Realities of Engaging Neurodiverse Students in Higher Education During COVID 

The Learning Dispatch

These students who accidentally dominate the microphone often feel embarrassed and sometimes ostracized by their peers. It effectively excludes students with visual impairments and makes it difficult for those with cognitive and learning disorders to participate fully. Only one video box at a time can speak.

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Inclusive Design and Other Superpowers

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Second, all caps text is less readable than sentence case text—especially for many people with cognitive disabilities. The more detail we include in alt text, the higher the cognitive load. First, assistive technology often reads words written in all caps as acronyms, thus interfering with AT users’ ability to understand the content.

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8 Tips to Incorporate Screencasts Into Your Online Training Course

TechSmith Camtasia

Focus on Specific Areas of the Screencast to Reduce Cognitive Overload. This helps prevent cognitive overload and distractions, as employees can concentrate on the feature or function that is most relevant. In addition, you may want to invest in a microphone and pop filter to create clear audio.