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
Dive in and see how emotions affect various aspects of learning, like perception, motivation and memory.
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?
Cognitive psychology can give you the deep insights required to understand learners and to create worthwhile learning experiences.
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
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
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
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 Reveal
I like to provide learners with progressive revelations. This instructional strategy involves slowly revealing information, especially visual information.
Like Reality TV: Reality eLearning
We have enough reality TV shows, but what about reality eLearning? Do your courses provide audiences with a good dose of reality?
