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Friday Finds — Cognitive Load Research, Crafting Content, AIDC Conference

Mike Taylor

” Last Week’s Most Clicked 10 Ways an Instructional Designer Can Get in Trouble or Fired by Using ChatGPT or AI News & Notes Cognitive Load Theory: Research you really need to understand The “Cognitive Load Theory” explains how our brain processes and retains information, emphasizing that it can handle limited new data at once.

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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. These initiatives underscore the vital importance of understanding existing norms, fostering trust, extending practical support, and embodying kindness and empathy.

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New recommended readings

Clark Quinn

She writes about new facets of cognition that open up a whole area for our understanding. In the areas I know and have talked about, e.g. emergent and distributed cognition, she gets it right, which leads me to believe the rest is similarly spot on. So, the first book I want to recommend is Annie Murphy Paul’s The Extended Mind.

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Comic openings

Clark Quinn

Even before you open up cognitively! We know that activating relevant knowledge is important cognitively, but I suggest that it won’t stick as well unless you’ve piqued their awareness. It can help learners relax, trust that the environment’s safe, reducing anxiety. It might also set the tone for the learning.

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The Importance and Use of Empathy in the Workplace

KnowledgeCity

When someone shares a thought or feeling with others, the reaction they receive can establish trust and set the tone for interactions moving forward. Let’s look at the two different types of empathy: affective and cognitive. Cognitive empathy is taking on others’ viewpoints and is also referred to as perspective-taking.

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Shallow or Deep

Clark Quinn

And, if people are putting out such snake oil, you really shouldn’t be trusting them. This site talked about brain science, and says they know about ed psych, cognitive research, but also neuroscience. Lots of people can talk glibly, tossing around terms like cognitive, and psychology. Or, rather, they should!

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3 ways to build adaptive global workforce skills

CLO Magazine

In a groundbreaking global study, McKinsey identified three of the four key skill areas critical to employment and job satisfaction as the nature of work continues to transform the foundational skills of resilience: cognitive, interpersonal and self-leadership skills, with the fourth being digital technical skills.

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