Linda WarrenInstructional Designer

MemorableMake Learning

OverviewMemory and how the brain functionsStrategies to make learning memorableMethods to gain attentionMemory aids

People forget 90 percent of what they learn in

class within 30 days

They forget most of what they learned within the first few hours

Learning and forgetting

Space learning over time

Provide follow-up support

Break content into small chunks

Repeat to remember

CD CNI HRN AHI V

How many letters do you remember?

CD CNI HRN AHI V

CDC NIH RNA HIV

Create logical associations

CDCNIHRNAHIV

SME

Learner

How many letters do you remember now?

CDC NIH RNA HIV

Step-by-step instructions create organized structure

Source: Austin American-Statesman, June 4, 2011

Timelines create organized structure

Encoding is like a blender running with the lid off

Encoding is the best predictor

of learning success

Elaborationcreate “handles”to facilitate retrieval

Explanations should be elaboratemeaningfulin context

Use multisensory input

Demonstrate how information can be applied on the job

Provide instant feedback

Use storytelling to provide meaningful details and context

Ask questions

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TIPS

EXAMPLE

Use visuals

Directionsfrom the office to the library

3. Turn right on Maple.

4. Take a right on Washington.

5. Go over the train tracks.

6. Go three-fourths of the way around the traffic circle and turn right on Erie.

7. Turn left on Greenbriar.

Directionsfrom the office to the library

Clever phrases/keywords

Acronyms

Acrostics

Rhymes

HOMES

Answers

1. 90 percent is forgotten in 30 days

2. CDC NIH RNA HIV

3. Group tested in water

4. Shape of a rainbow is a circle

5. Vision is the most powerful sense

6. Lincoln faces right

7. Acronym for the Great Lakes is

Spaced learning

What makes learning memorable?

Repetition

Testing

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Small learning units

Vis

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Logical associations

StorytellingContext Feedback

Curiosity

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Elaboration

Memoryaids

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Multisensory input

Surprise

Great Voyages: ILT to WBT

• Best Practices in WBT• The Web as a Medium• Reading and Writing on the Web• Visual Design• Usability and Accessibility

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