LEARNING CIRCLES ABOUT LEARNING
Checking-In! Are you fully here? If there is anything on your mind, please write it down and park it .
1. BRAIN ANATOMY Let’s start with the
basics…
“ OUR BRAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LEARNING PROCESSES, AS SUCH LEARNING ABOUT HOW THE BRAIN WORKS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BECOME BETTER L&D PROFESSIONALS
A NEURON
A neuron is a nerve cell involved in the transmission of messages.
A brain has around 100 billion neurons
1 Neuron can be connected to 1000 others
They can exhibit or inhibit other neurons
NEUROLOGICAL ACTIVITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:
HOW ARE
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ATTENTION
NEURONS IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING?
MEMORY SENSING
EMOTIONS
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN LEARNING.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SPECIALISED AREAS OF THE BRAIN FOR CERTAIN FUNCTIONS, LEARNING IS MORE AN ASSOCIATED FUNCTION.
ATTENTION
ATTENTION At a neurological level, attention has not been fully defined scientifically yet. However, there is evidence about two types of processing in attention:
FOCUSED ATTENTION
DIFFUSED ATTENTION
FOCUSED ATTENTION
Can you think of examples in which you have worked on something for a while and suddenly become “stuck” in a brain-freeze?
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FOCUSED ATTENTION
THE PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX
DR. BARBARA OAKLEY – FOCUSED VS DIFFUSED MODE MODEL
ATTENTION
Let’s use an allegory from Dr. Barbara Oakley to explain Focused Vs Diffused Attention.
Reinforced thoughts are solid patterns. New thoughts are new weak patterns
Diffused mode allows for wider range of patterns to be formed.
FOCUSED ATTENTION
When people learn, they should constantly switch between the focused mode and diffused mode to reinforce both neurological pathways
FOCUSED ATTENTION
How can we use this knowledge in the design and facilitation of learning?
FOCUSED ATTENTION
TIPS!!!
Apply the Learning is Cumulative and Learning through Exploration principles.
Apply the10 minute rule = 10 mins theory then an activity to practice
Lots of activities that facilitates and reinforces the conceptual information
Games are great ways to enhance diffused attention
Allow your learners to drive the conversations – rather than just listening! 👦
MEMORY, SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS
INTRODUCTION
How come we sort of automatically learn the new lyrics without much focused attention and still when studying hard for an exam you get “stuck”!?
TIME TO MEET… THE LYMBIC SYSTEM!
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THE LYMBIC SYSTEM AND SENSATIONS
What colours did you see?
How can you use this information as an L&D professional?
Stimulating the senses
Creating
MEMORIES
How can you use this information as an L&D professional?
TIPS!!!
Master “Slides” design with visual enhancement. Avoid lots of words! Use videos.
Move away from traditional classroom settings, stimulate people’s senses with a non-traditional learning setting.
Use people’s senses in classroom activities. For example, use scent, taste and even autory stimuli to present concepts (E.g: Sound-bites).
NEUROPLASTICITY
NEUROPLASTICITY
The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life.
Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment.
NEUROPLASTICITY
I’m bad at studying! I train my brain I become good at studying!
Neuronal connections
Re-wiring of neurons
New neuronal connections
NEUROPLASTICITY
As a L&D professional, you are literally changing the physical structure of the learners’ brains if you facilitate strong learning experiences
TIPS!!!
Apply the learning principle: Memory needs meaning to maximise new neuron connections.
Apply the learning principle: Memory needs repetition if you want to build new strong neuron connections.
PRE-WORK 1
What myths of learning have been produced in the past?
PRE-WORK 1
What are the right elements to consider for effective learning?
Exercise boosts brain power
Pre-Work 2
The human brain has evolved too
Every brain is wired differently
We don’t pay attention to
boring things
Pre-Work 2
There is no such a thing as multi- tasking
Repeat to remember
Sleep well, think well
Pre-Work 2
Stressed brains don’t
learn the same way
Simulate more the senses
Vision trumps all other senses
Pre-Work 2
Males and females brains are different
We are powerful and natural explorers
Using the learning content from today, please apply these learning to your Programs Teams from the Strategic Planning Exercise.
POST WORK
By Nov. 15 th , your team is required to present the first draft of the program that you are working on!
Organise:
1.
Slides
2. A 10 minute Webinar explaining your approach 3. Create a way to look for feedback
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