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…
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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…
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What Does Chunking Have to Do With Learning? How does this apply to training and learning? Learners should not be thinking about lower level skills…
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Why Do We Use Chunking? One way to minimize cognitive load is through a process called chunking. Have you ever wondered why there are seven…
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How to Use White Space? Do you have any idea how many images are part of our daily lives? You see images on every highway…
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How to Use Focal Points? Size and expectation play an important part in where the eyes fall and how the learner takes things in. You…
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How to Use Red and How Not To? Unless you have a really good reason, don't use red. One in four people experiences a certain…
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How to Use Color Effectively in Your Presentations? While color is very powerful and can affect our moods and emotions, many people have trouble reading…
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Alignment: How to Tell the Amateurs from the Pros? Alignment is the third element in good design. Alignment is all about symmetry, asymmetry, positions, positive…
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Repetition: Again, and Again and Again! The second element of good design is repetition. We know through a host of research studies that repetition is…
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Contrast: How to Use It to Your Advantage? Contrast is the first lady of design. It is important because it gets your attention, drawing your…
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The Power of Attention Arguably we have at least five senses—some experts say more. It is generally accepted that we take information in through our…
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Fonts: What they are and how to use them? Proper use of fonts and text is good way to elevate your materials. With text, all…
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Why Does My Stuff Look Like CRAP? Years ago when I taught high school desktop publishing and web design, I would talk about a principle…
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Why is Visual Design About More Than Just the Visuals? Visuals are a good and inexpensive place to start because visual images have power. Neuroscience…
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