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Strategic Use of Music to Support Learning

Learningtogo

Strategic Use of Music to Support Learning. There is something special about this particular device that makes it so unforgettable: music. Listening to music affects a wide cross section of the brain , including those areas linked to spatial reasoning and navigation. The Power of Music to Influence the Mind.

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No! No. Background. Music.

Patti Shank

The higher versions had more objects, backgrounds, and background music. But background music should typically NOT be used in instructional video. Added music makes attending to the important messages on the screen more difficult. Adding extraneous (extra) messages, images, and music makes this even harder.

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Should We Use Background Music With Instruction? No.

Patti Shank

The general rationale for not using background music is that it increases harmful cognitive load. Cognitive load relates to mental processes (like perception, thinking, and organizing) used for thinking, learning, and working.

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Mapping RoI of eLearning

Origin Learning

“Money, money, money…” is a popular hit song by the music group ABBA. Well you may wonder why does a technology and learning blog talk about music. In this blog post, you will learn why ‘Mapping RoI of eLearning’ impacts both eLearning Development companies and organizations that buy these learning solutions.

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Making your Implementation Execution as Successful as Hamilton: An American Musical

Gyrus

Making your Implementation Execution as Successful as Hamilton: An American Musical. Implementation is a lot like staging the Broadway musical Hamilton. They are the behind the scenes organizers who make everything that happens on stage look seamless. Blog #2 Customer Service Excellence during Implementation.

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Background Music in eLearning & Copyright

Adobe Captivate

Over the past few months, I’ve received more and more calls and emails about the pros and cons of adding background music to eLearning projects (specifically projects created using Adobe Captivate). In the image below, I’ve imported a music file called Acoustic Mellow.mp3. Can you use his music in your projects?

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Imagined futures 3: Music

Learning with e's

The DX7 was one of the first digital commercially available (affordable) polyphonic synthesisers to be equipped with MIDI - or Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The percussive sounds of the DX7 were particularly impressive, and the grand piano, pipe organ and bell voices were very realistic. Yamaha keyboards were of robust design.

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