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Information Overload: The Plague of Learning and Development

CLO Magazine

Who is deciding how much content is too much? Studies show how information overload, multitasking and prolonged repetition impair productivity, performance and decision-making. Content is deployed regardless of its cognitive ease. Content is not connected to a plausible, measurable goal. What’s the result?

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DevLearn follow up: Not only curation but also moderation and didactics

Challenge to Learn

There is now software available that gathers information (based on RSS feeds), republishes it and stores it.The great thing about it that if you find an expert on a certain field that does this, you can tap in to his selection of content. And it really is a valuable source of information for me. Leaving you with two problems.

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Communication in the time of COVID: tips for effectively engaging with employees

CLO Magazine

Content, cascade and cadence have changed to customized communications that give employees a reason to believe. Update employees, but avoid information overload. Having someone to count on for important updates can ease the tension of “information overload” and receiving news faster than it is possible to digest.

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A Network of Experts: From Content Curation to Insight Curation

CLO Magazine

From Content Curation to Insight Curation. In the knowledge economy, employees have no problem getting access to content. Web content is part of the information barrage they experience but so are all the document systems such as SharePoint and email attachments and bookmarks on laptops or mobile devices.

Network 81
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The New ABCs for Sales Leaders: Always Be Coaching

PDG

Evolve Your Onboarding Program to Reduce Information Overload. According to SRG and Selling Power Magazine , 73% of sales managers don’t get the coaching they need to effectively coach a high-performing sales team. Let learners digest heavy content on their own time. Use Peer-to-Peer Learning to Effectively Coach.

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Booming tech sends L&D back to basics

CLO Magazine

In a world with an app for everything, endless queues of streaming content and seemingly wise personal assistants in our pockets, adults benefit from reminders about how to effectively take in information and seek constructive guidance on how to practice and apply new knowledge.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Learning content will be transformed for easier consumption. Success metrics for learning will be based on content access, views, involvement and downloads. Learning leaders will be more focused on relevancy of information.