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Essentials of Brain-Based Learning

Enhance your design by applying the principles of neuroscience.

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This program introduces participants to the essentials of how the adult brain absorbs information. You will have the ability to recognize why certain training techniques make learning stick, and others don’t. You will also be able to design and deliver training that is more brain-friendly, and describe how cognitive neuroscience provides a basis for making learning that lasts.

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Program Overview
Learning Objectives
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Who Should Attend

Program Overview

In this program, participants will learn about four areas that neuroscience has discovered as important to making learning last. The course will provide an introduction to the research findings that are relevant. These include:

lessons about the role of attention in learning and what influences attention;
the effects of positive and negative emotion and differing emotional intensity;
the consequences of a rich, participant-generated web of associations to learning content; and
the surprisingly beneficial results of creating space between repetitions of the content.

This program practices the principles discussed and will give participants a chance to apply these lessons to their own work and interests. Ultimately, participants will be encouraged to challenge their unchecked assumptions about how learning design and delivery are best accomplished. Sometimes well-intentioned plans and content leave out some of the methods that neuroscience shows as important to make learning stick. Sometimes learning can be effective without lots of add-ins or costly meetings, even if they might add to the experience in some ways. If the four elements are present, the learning should last, regardless of what tools are available to learning designers. This program will cover all of these topics and much more!

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Design and deliver new learning programs where content sticks and learners have improved recall.
Redesign existing programs to increase learning recall.
Apply those principles that guide learning to stick.
Create opportunities for creative solutions to learning delivery challenges.

Topics

Session 1
Session 1

Topic 1: Attention

Without a single focus of attention, the ability to embed new learning that can be recalled drops off dramatically. A single focus of attention at any time is critical.
- Attention is essential for learning – but what guides attention?
- Consequences of distraction versus focus, on memory.
- Limits of attention.
Topic 2: Generation, part 1
- Instructional design shifts from content delivery to connecting content to pre-existing knowledge.
- Learning is based on generating a rich web of connections, to facilitate later information retrieval.
- Multiple opportunities for neural triggering of recall.
- Connectivity to ideas can occur in many domains and many levels of processing. All-of-the-above strategy.
Session 2
Session 2

Topic 1: Generation, part 2

Instructional design shifts from content delivery to creating the space for insight.
- the role of insight in generation of new neural connections.
Topic 2: Emotion

Levels of emotion in the learning environment are important to monitor, and facilitate.
- effects of short-term emotional arousal
- effects of long-term emotional arousal
- different/similar consequences of negative versus positive emotions
- a sweet spot for degree of emotional intensity.
Session 3
Session 3

Topic: Spacing

One-shot, intensive learning programs are often fun, but not ideal for lasting learning.
- effects of time between learning experiences
- effects of repetition
- what happens during rest/sleep in the brain.
Topic: Closing
- A summary of the four principles from neuroscience that help learning last.
- Students begin to generate tools or templates they want to create, and reflect on reasons why this new approach to learning affects their bottom line.

Who Should Attend

This program is intended for training and development professionals who want to develop their skills in the area of designing and delivering learning programs. Those likely to benefit most are those who decide between delivery methods. While advanced practitioners will benefit greatly from this program, beginners will also find it accessible and highly valuable.

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Josh Davis

Josh Davis is the Director of Research and a Lead Professor for the NeuroLeadership Institute. He received his bachelor’s from Brown University, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His career began in engineering, from which he transitioned to academic teaching and research about the mind and brain. His research has dealt with adaptive emotional state control and mind-body connections. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation, and he has taught at New York University, Columbia University, and Barnard College. He is also a member of the Barnard College Department of Psychology.

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Josh Davis

Josh Davis is the Director of Research and a Lead Professor for the NeuroLeadership Institute. He received his bachelor’s from Brown University, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His career began in engineering, from which he transitioned to academic teaching and research about the mind and brain. His research has dealt with adaptive emotional state control and mind-body connections. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation, and he has taught at New York University, Columbia University, and Barnard College. He is also a member of the Barnard College Department of Psychology.
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Dec 04-18, 2013

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