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The Things You Should Know About Attention

Importance of Attention in Learning

by Connie Malamed

The Things to Know About Attention

Attention is a limited resource. The better we understand attention, the greater is our ability to support learning.

Six Strategies You May Not Be Using To Reduce Cognitive Load

by Connie Malamed

When learners experience high cognitive load, they may give up or fail to comprehend. Here are six strategies to reduce cognitive load.

Blocks to Creativity at Work

Four Types of Blocks to Recognize and Overcome

by Connie Malamed

Blocks to Creativity at Work

It’s not easy to be creative on demand. If you have creative blocks, you can overcome them once you recognize them.

Do instructional animations help or hinder learning?

by Connie Malamed

How can you make animations for learning that are effective? Why do so many animations fail to yield results? Find the answers here.

Why Less is More in Learning Design

by Connie Malamed

Why less is more in learning design

When it comes to learning, less is more. Overloading learners with too much information interferes with the learning process.

Designing Learning for Mental Models

by Connie Malamed

Users have conceptual models of how things work.

By understanding a learner’s mental models, we can improve our user interfaces, instructional interventions and overall learning experiences.

Design for Bottom-Up and Top-Down Processing

by Connie Malamed

People use both top-down processing and bottom-up processing as they are learning. Here’s how to design for both.

20 Things To Remember About Forgetting

What Causes Us To Forget

by Connie Malamed

20 things to remember about forgetting

Learning designers want to increase remembering and prevent forgetting. Here’s what you should know about what causes us to forget.

Strategies For Tacit Knowledge Transfer

by Connie Malamed

If it is difficult to transfer tacit knowledge through language, then how can it be passed on? Here are six proven strategies for inferring and acquiring tacit knowledge.

What makes someone an expert?

The Cognitive Psychology of Expertise

by Connie Malamed

what makes someone an expert

Understanding expert thinking helps us design training for both experts and novices. Learn about the differences by understanding the cognitive psychology of expertise.

How To Be Effective At Persuasion For Learning

by Connie Malamed

How to Be Effective At Persuasion for Learning

How to infuse persuasive messages into learning experiences when you need to convince the target audience to change behaviors or attitudes.

Novice Versus Expert Design Strategies

The Expertise Reversal Effect

by Connie Malamed

Novice versus Expert Design Strategies

When designing, consider the expertise reversal effect. Instructional techniques for novices may be detrimental for experienced learners

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