neuroeducation in action: applying insights that impact learning
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Understanding the neuroscience of learning is only the first step in making a difference in the classroom. In this session, we will explore the implications of NeuroEducation and discuss strategies for designing rich learning experiences. For the corresponding handout and other resources, visit my website at http://www.inspired-ed.com/#!models-and-tools/c1285TRANSCRIPT
NeuroEducation in ActionApplying Insights that Impact Learning
Tracy King, MA, CFD, CAE
Magic Wand Wishes …2
Attend
Associate
Act
Analyze
“AAAA”
Attend: How can I grab
attention and maintain focus?
Associate: How can I
create space for reflection?
Act: What exercises or tools
will I offer for practice?
Analyze: How do I structure
content to connect with the
learner?
“AAAA”
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Attend Engagement Visuals Environment
Apply Assess Practice Refine
Associate Elaborate Rehearse Reflect
Analyze Scaffolding Chunking Connecting
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Attend Engagement Visuals Environment
Apply Assess Practice Refine
Associate Elaborate Rehearse Reflect
Analyze Scaffolding Chunking Connecting
AttendEngaging the learning brain
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● “We don’t pay attention to boring things.”
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~Brain Rules, John Medina
Engagement10
Engagement
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● Strategies: ● Story ● Visuals ● Self-Expression
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Key: Engagement is activating the neurobiological function of attention, focusing the learner’s working memory resources.
AnalyzeScaffolding & the power of prior knowledge
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● “The single most important factor in learning is the existing network of neurons in the learner’s brain. Ascertain what they are and teach accordingly.”
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~ David Ausubel
Scaffolding
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● Strategies: ● Relationships ● Metaphor ● Formative Feedback
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Key: Learning is a constructivist process –we scaffold new concepts onto existing models.
AssociateElaboration & elaborative rehearsal
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● “We have superior memory for anything that is processed at the level of meaning.”
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~Visual Language, Connie Malamed
Elaboration
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● Strategies: ● Case Studies ● Elaborative Rehearsal
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Key: New learning is “sticky” if it’s elaborate, meaningful, and contextual
ApplyInsights on assessment
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● “We are often poor judges of when we are learning and when we are not.”
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~Make it Stick, Peter Brown
Assess
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● Strategies: ● Assessment Design ● Interval Practice
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Key: Assessment is both a measure and an opportunity for feedback that directs learners to manage weaknesses.
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Attend Engagement Visuals Environment
Apply Assess Practice Refine
Associate Elaborate Rehearse Reflect
Analyze Scaffolding Chunking Connecting
5 E’sLearning Design Model
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Designing a Learning Experience23
Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation
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Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation
Focus attention
1.
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Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation
2.
Structure & connect
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Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation
3.
Flesh out model
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Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation
4.
Extend complexity; reflection
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Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation5.
Assess objectives were met
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Engagement
Exploration
ExplanationElaboration
Evaluation
Your Turn
● Reflection: Session Debrief ● Key topics: ◦ What design choices did I make to incorporate the learning cycle and NeuroEd principles we’ve discussed? !◦ Questions about my choices?
● 15 minutes
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