10 Ways To Design For Emotions (Part III)

March 1, 2010  

10 Ways To Design For Emotions (Part III)

The third in a series on emotions and learning. Here are 10 practical ways to design for the emotions.


Emotions and Learning: Part II

February 25, 2010  

Emotions and Learning: Part II

Dive in and see how emotions affect various aspects of learning, like perception, motivation and memory.


Emotions And Learning: Part I

February 21, 2010  

Emotions And Learning: Part I

If you don’t acknowledge your audience’s emotions, you miss out on a powerful opportunity. A three-part series.


Cognitive Psychology Anyone?

January 25, 2010  

Cognitive Psychology Anyone?

Cognitive psychology can give you the deep insights required to understand learners and to create worthwhile learning experiences.


Characteristics of Adult Learners

September 28, 2009  

Characteristics of Adult Learners

When it comes to learning, adults are not over sized children. Maturity brings unique characteristics that affect how adults are motivated to learn.


The Novice Brain

September 4, 2009  

The Novice Brain

As designers and developers, one of our purposes in life is to help novices in a particular skill or content area gain new levels of competency. Because the mental structures of a novice differ from those of the expert,


The Expert’s Brain

August 10, 2009  

The Expert’s Brain

Remember those Your Brain On Drugs commercials? They always used the analogy of an egg. That same analogy works well to represent the brain of an expert.


The Other Gagne

August 6, 2009  

The Other Gagne

You are probably familiar with Robert Gagne, the educational psychologist who identified the events of good instruction and a key contributor in the early days of what was called computer-based instruction. Less well-known is his daughter,


The Progressive Revelation

August 3, 2009  

The Progressive Revelation

I’m a member of the temple of the progressive revelation. Are you? I wholly subscribe to the instructional strategy that involves slowly revealing information, especially visual information.


Reality eLearning

July 10, 2009  

Reality eLearning

We have reality tv and virtual reality, so why not reality eLearning? I don’t mean in the visual sense, but in terms of cognition.


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