Six qualities for success in learning

Kris Baldwin, Technology & Innovation in Education

You want to invent new ideas, not new rules.

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Stories

Stories are told and retold because They contain wisdom. They inspire us to act. They are part entertainment

and part instruction.

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Stories

Stories = Simulations Visualizations work because

they stimulate the same regions of the brain as if the person were actually doing the activity. Focus on process, not the

outcome.

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Stories

Plots: Challenge, Connection, and Creativity David and Goliath The Good Samaritan MacGyver

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The Villains-A Review

Natural tendency to bury the lead.

Tendency to focus on the presentation, rather than the content.

Facing down decision paralysis

The Curse of Knowledge

For an idea to stick, it has to make the audience…

Pay attention. Understand and

remember it. Agree or Believe Care Be able to act on it.

Make the audience…

For an idea to stick, it has to make the audience…

Pay attention. Understand and

remember it. Agree or Believe Care Be able to act on it.

Unexpected

Concrete Credible Emotional Story

Make the audience… SUCCESs Checklist

What is stickiness?

Mental duct tape—like mental velcro but stronger! Supports brain

research concepts Supports

constructivism Successful is

predictable.

Photo from Simon Davison on flickr

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