Using Neuroscience for More Effective L&D

Course details

The brain works in mysterious ways. Why is some knowledge retained, while other information just fades away? Neuroscience—the study of the human brain and behavior—can help you create training that sticks. Stella Collins is an educator and consultant who specializes in applying neuroscience and psychology to learning and development. She’s found that simple systems derived from understanding how the brain processes and stores information can help students better retain and leverage learning. Here she shares these systems with you. Discover how the BASIC system actually reduces learning, and the alternative—LEARNERS—makes learning succeed. This brain-based experience is designed using the same principles, so you can see, hear, and feel the impact of neuroscience on learning firsthand.

Learning objectives
The BASIC ways to reduce learning
The LEARNERS method for better application of learning
How to make learning sticky for longer
Exercise for brain and body
Stories to transform data into learning
Six questions to ask when you hear "research says…"

Concepts

Getting Your Brain to Learn to Learn

Using neuroscience in training
What is neuroscience and why is it relevant to you
Challenges for designing and delivering learning
Challenge - Busting learning myths

BASIC Ways to Reduce Learning

B - Boredom, pain, and social isolation
A - Abstract ideas vs. concrete experience
S - Stress reduces learning
I - Information overload gets you lost
C - Cognitive overload is exhausting

What Trainers Need to Do for LEARNERS

How to make learning sticky
L - Link learning to make it memorable
E - Emotions motivate and stick
A - Attention is the art of memory
R - Repetition, repetition, repetition
N - Novel ideas are stickier
E - Exercise for brain and body
R - Recall, Review, and Recovery
S - Stories transform data into learning

Why You Don't Need to Be a Neuroscientist

Six questions you need to ask about research

Conclusion

Challenge - Busting learning myths