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Sunday, September 15, 2019

No Brains, No Gains


 Evaluating patterns within each stage of information processing can help instructional designers identify and address challenges in various learning populations. Understanding how the human brain encodes, stores, and retrieves information, allows instructional designers to incorporate the most effective research-based learning strategies into their instruction in order to overcome challenges in the learning process.  The following resources provide information on what is going on in the brain during the learning process and how this information can be translated to designing instruction.

This website is a fantastic resource for instructional designers who want to learn more about how the brain works while learning effective learning strategies to address specific challenges in their learners. The focus of the website is to provide information regarding recent discoveries in neuroscience and ideas on how they can be applied to the classroom. The website presents material using concise articles, videos and beautifully designed info-graphics and other visuals that are engaging and easy to understand even if you do not have a background in neuroscience. This website is great for discovering what is new in the world of neuroscience and ways to incorporate it into instruction.

In her blog, Cris Turple explains cognitive processing theory and shows how she applies the theory to design engaging, brain-based instruction for online and blended learners. Turple’s blog encourages critical thinking in the classroom and evaluates different teaching strategies like flipped classrooms, inquiry-based learning, gamification, and collaboration. This is a great blog to look at when you want to see brain-based learning in action, or if you want to see how brain-based learning can be used in a digital classroom.

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