Learning Rebels

JULY 18, 2023

Forget about boring resources and PowerPoint slides that put your students to sleep faster than a lecture on tax law. Consider that comics can serve as a valuable outlet when combined with traditional learning materials like workbooks or reference materials, providing cognitive relief when discussing complex subject areas.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

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 ). the researchers still underestimate the diversity of their audience."

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Using a clear, familiar font will help your audience understand your slides effortlessly, especially those with visual impairments or cognitive impairments such as dyslexia which affects 9-12% of the population. Explore PowerPoint’s Accessibility tab. It’s easy to check colour contrast with our PowerPoint add-in BrightSlide.

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Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

If you are unfamiliar with Articulate, it’s like PowerPoint on steroids. 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. Articulate Storyline is a very flexible authoring tool.

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eLearningMind

APRIL 4, 2024

Timing—Some interactive elements, such as quizzes or timed exercises, may not provide learners with sufficient time to respond, which can be a significant hurdle for those with cognitive disabilities. This is essential for learners who rely on keyboard navigation or screen readers.

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Learning Pool

JULY 17, 2020

Cognitive overload (overuse of media) . What is missing is relevant effort and cognitive effort, that makes one think, rather than click.’ . In this regard, both cite the work of cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork , who talks about ‘desirable difficulties’ in learning. Diversionary activity (Mazes and infantile gamification).

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The purpose of good interface design: makes it usable, keeps the user from getting frustrated, making the interface invisible -- it needs to reduce your cognitive load. If a user interface is really hard to figure out, you''re maxing out the learner''s cognitive load. So how do we reduce that cognitive load? UI Design Patterns.

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 24, 2022

Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later. Cognitive load theory aims to explain how the information processing load induced by learning tasks can affect students’ ability to process new information and to construct knowledge in long-term memory. Mastering The Art of Curation.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 10, 2021

PowerPoint Christmas cards to download and share. I know it is holiday time when the new BrightCarbon PowerPoint Christmas cards hit the wires. They’ve been at it for a decade now and have accumulated great PowerPoint holiday cards. Don’t laugh…these are well designed and illustrate the power of PowerPoint in the right hands.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Last week’s most clicked item: Rockstar Resources for PowerPoint. From Cognitive Load Theory to Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory. Cognitive load theory has traditionally been associated with individual learning. This might land a spot on my regular rotation. Alternatives to Correct and Incorrect.

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 11, 2019

It doesn’t take much of this to cause cognitive overload which makes it hard for people to understand your message. Fortunately, I have a great “insider” tip you can learn in about 30 seconds that can rescue you and take your slides from “death by PowerPoint’ to “why doesn’t everyone do it like that”. Let’s see if we can do better.

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eLearningArt

AUGUST 19, 2019

Problem is, who has time to source, study, and sort out academic research in cognitive science, instructional theory, and education? Patti: The evidence-based practice that the average learning practitioner must use every day is to design to minimize unnecessary cognitive load. . Cognitive load is the amount of mental effort required.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Learn more → Unleash Your Inner PowerPoint Hero with Slidewise – Free Subscriptions Up for Grabs If you work with PowerPoint and want to save time and avoid frustration, you need Slidewise. Loaded with clever features to make you look like a PowerPoint superhero. You can learn more and download a 30-day trial from their website.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 26, 2021

This show usually involves hours of tedious compliance e-learning, stacks of paperwork, and a dull-as-rocks HR-focused PowerPoint. This is beyond sharing a PowerPoint slide with the mission, vision and values. There a lot of cognitive overload potential. HR brings in a new employee and presents the “New Hire Show”.

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Wizcabin

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Microlearning can take several formats, including podcasts, games, text, e-learning animation , PowerPoint, and many more, to deliver a better learning experience. Microlearning Videos Reduce Cognitive Overload And Help To Boost Learners’ Retention Ability. That’s because they are short and better to engage learners.

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CommLab India

JANUARY 12, 2017

Start converting your existing PowerPoint presentations used in classroom training sessions to e-learning courses pepping them with animations, audio, interactivities, and assessments. Identify all the PowerPoint presentations you want to convert to e-learning and place them in a folder. It’s simple – no rocket science.

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Elucidat

MARCH 13, 2023

Key information was provided in PowerPoint presentations. All cognition is affected by nature. You can also check out Nick’s new book by clicking here: How People Learn: A New Model of Learning and Cognition to Improve Performance and Education. Nick gives the example of an organization that spent 1.5 This is not true.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 15, 2022

Rockstar Resources for PowerPoint. The way most people use PowerPoint is broken. Unfortunately, the PowerPoint interface guides people towards creating slides that contradict current research in cognitive science. The Secret to Working with Vector Graphics in PowerPoint. Get the scoop here.

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Origin Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Animations loaded with too much information or too much simultaneous movement will lead to cognitive overload and therefore lose the interest of learners. Simple software like Powerpoint and iSpring can add that zing to learning that employees are going to love! Maintain a comfortable speed.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I pulled out Better Then Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint by Jane Bozarth. It has been two or three years since I have read this book, but I since I knew I would be designing this particular e-learning project with PowerPoint, I figure this would be a good book to read again. Developing the Content.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 2, 2013

Those looking to further their Captivate skills can benefit from these posts: Tips for Importing from PowerPoint to Captivate. Designing eLearning for Cognitive Ease. Designing eLearning for Cognitive Ease. Saving Time with Lectora Text Styles. Of course, Lectora isn’t the only tool out there. Call to Action Items in eLearning.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 3, 2020

Back in 2003, I devoted a great deal of energy to the design of a new CD-ROM course entitled Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint. Cognitively speaking, every experience, every relationship, every object is stored in the mind as a story." I investigated further and found a site called storyatwork.com (it's long since disappeared).

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Michael wrote a fantastic book on communication and learning through screencasts called PowerCasts – Creating Dynamic PowerPoint Screencasts with Camtasia Studio. He has also been published on The Educause Review twice, for articles titled Screencasting to Engage Learning and Creating a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia Studio.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 3, 2017

Try to build cognitive curiosity by making learners believe their knowledge structures are inconsistent or incomplete. In fact, research indicates that fantasy provides cognitive emotional and motivational advantages for learning (Malone, 1981). Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

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Mike Taylor

AUGUST 18, 2023

These lessons should focus on limited content to avoid cognitive overload. Take away: “In sum, the length and structure of a microlesson should be informed by cognitive load theory and not by time frame.”

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Tony Karrer

MAY 8, 2007

Cognitive Load and PowerPoint pointed us to Seth Godin's free booklet Really Bad PowerPoint (and how to avoid it). A few of the points that Seth makes: Communication is about getting others to adopt your point of view, to help them understand why you're excited (or sad, or optimistic or whatever else you are.)

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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. And while this article is aimed at web design, the concepts behind it can be used to improve PowerPoint slides as well as elearning programs.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I strongly recommend it if you are creating PowerPoint, Keynote or e-learning presentations/training. Here is one: One Hour PowerPoint: Ten Strategies for Improving Presentations View more presentations from David Jakes. But it is well written with wonderful examples.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning Found via SlashDot , an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald " Research points the finger at PowerPoint." The article cites new research from the University of New South Wales (home of John Sweller, "founding father" of Cognitive Load Theory). Great post Camy.

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STRIVR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Psychology and cognitive science research can help identify the reasons why these initiatives struggle. Passive training methods such as: watching videos, role play, and powerpoint presentations often follow a set script. It’s clear that companies are still figuring out how to provide effective diversity and inclusion training.

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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. For any PowerPoint presentation, you should use more visuals and less text. Having tons of text on a slide creates cognitive overload and BOOM zombies. Say No to Virtual Zombies. Less is more!

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Matrix

AUGUST 3, 2021

Granted, back then, much of the diversity was about the many ways in which you could use PowerPoint effects for presentations. Read more: Why video training content is better than PowerPoint today. However, we still went to some trouble to incorporate videos and make the practice sections as interactive as possible.

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Ontuitive

MAY 24, 2016

Rather than prove that digital technology is undermining human cognition, however, this marketing study and the sloppy reporting that gave it legs only serve to raise further questions about how our brains work, and especially how quickly our brains can evolve in response to changes in use.

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Roundtable Learning

MARCH 8, 2024

In order to guide learners through a VR experience, heavy text and bullet points that are reminiscent of a PowerPoint need to be thrown out the window. Cognitive overload is very real, and including massive blocks of text in an AR or VR program can stifle the learning process and overwhelm learners with too much information all at once.

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BrightCarbon

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Below you can see questions about our free PowerPoint productivity add-in BrightSlide (*cough* subtle plug *cough*) written at three different learning levels: Remember, Understand, and Apply. This reduces the cognitive load so that you’re testing learners on the content, not on their reading ability.

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Acorn Labs

JUNE 5, 2022

Cognitive/neurological disabilities, including learning difficulties, memory problems, distractibility and inability to focus on and process large quantities of information. Provide alternative text, or image descriptions, for those users who have visual or cognitive impairments. Alternate descriptions. compliance. File formats.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2010

I strongly recommend it if you are creating PowerPoint, Keynote or e-learning presentations/training. Here is one: One Hour PowerPoint: Ten Strategies for Improving Presentations View more presentations from David Jakes. Here is the presentation that uses the final "story" presented in the session.

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