Proximity: Why We Associate Proximity is the fourth element of good design. Proximity is relationship, agreement, balance, scale and harmony. It is relating like to…
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When considering cognitive load, why is visual design for learning so important? It is because too much of a good thing is too much. Visual…
What is So Different About Working Virtually? Even though the majority of workers today still work in a traditional office, more people find themselves workshifting….
How Did We Get to the Virtual Office, Classroom, Meeting, World? How did we get here? It all happened very fast, and there are no…
What Is a Knowledge Worker? The term “knowledge worker” originally meant one who works primarily with information or who develops or uses knowledge in the…
You’re Talking Are They Listening? Probably not. Most of us are too busy in our own minds to pay attention for long. Which is why…
Three Principles for Determining Your Visual Objectives Principle 1: Know Your Learner What is the history of this content with your learners? What are their…
What Are Learning Styles? Most of us are predominantly visual learners. The term visual learner comes from NLP or Neural Linguistic Programming and the VAK…
How to Minimize Cognitive Load Effectively? Another concept to keep in mind is that learning occurs with active processing in the memory system, in other…
Why is Cognitive Load the Answer to Almost Everything? When you develop training and learning materials it is critical that you see them through the…
What Is Trilogy of the Mind? The effort to establish artificial intelligence with computers has lead to major strides in this area. A lot of…
Why You Need to Use Mirrors? Since you read from left to right, your content should be on the left so learners can naturally read…
What Do Expectations Have to Do With Learning? Expectations are what we imagine might be true or what we think is likely to happen. Expectations…
What Prior Knowledge, If Any, Does Your Audience Need? Prior knowledge is what you already know. It makes sense that if your brain works in…
What Impacts Learning? I don’t know how people learn. No one knows for sure. There has been considerable research on the subject and three things…