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Margie Meachamlearningtogo.info

Mapping Neuroscience to Application1Resourceswww.learningtogo.info

@margiemeacham#LSCon2Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives3True or False?StatementTrue or FalseBrains work like super-computers.Listening to Mozart can make you smarter.Most people only use about 10% of their brains.The more wrinkles you have in your brain, the smarter you are.You can learn while you sleep by playing an audio book.Man has the largest brain of any animal.Intelligence is an inherited trait.Left-brained people are analytical and right-brained people are creative.Learners are divided equally between visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles.4True or False?StatementTrue or FalseBrains work like super-computers.FListening to Mozart can make you smarter.FMost people only use about 10% of their brains.FThe more wrinkles you have in your brain, the smarter you are.FYou can learn while you sleep by playing an audio book.FMan has the largest brain of any animal.FIntelligence is an inherited trait.FLeft-brained people are analytical and right-brained people are creative.FLearners are divided equally between visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles.F5Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives6fMRI and Other Tools

7Brain Discoveries - Plasticity

Your brain is constantly rewiring itself, based on internal and external stimuli.8Brain Discoveries - EvolutionYour brain is the result of evolution intended to help you survive (at least long enough to pass along your genes.)

9Brain Discoveries - Attention

We are hard-wired to notice change, especially changes to:movementsimilaritiescontrastexpected rewardsstrong emotions10Brain Discoveries - Working MemoryYour brain filters out what seems irrelevant and parks the rest in working memory for further processing. Working memory has limitations:1-5 images (depending on their complexity)5-9 digits5-7 letters4-6 words

Working Memory(Temporary)IrrelevantPrettySmells niceJaneChem Class11Brain Discoveries - Multiple PathwaysNew information is cross-referenced with existing information. Another purge discards information that doesnt seem relevant or is not related to anything already stored.

JaneChemClassCollegeNiceSmells12Brain Discoveries - Long Term MemoryLong-term memory is formed by linking multiple cells together.

13Brain Discoveries - Reward SystemEndorphins are released at the end of the process to reward the brain for learning. Learning is addictive and thats a good thing!

14Brain Discoveries - Repetition

Connections that are revisited frequently become stronger.

Connections that are left alone are eventually destroyed to make room for more current information.15Brain Discoveries - Spacing

Neurogenesis and the spacing effect: Learning over time enhances memory and the survival of new neurons. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876761/16Brain Discoveries Whole Body Model

Source: Howstuffworks.com17Brain Discoveries - Failure

18Brain Discoveries Learning is Social (Mirror Neurons)

Subject A is performing the task; subject B is merely observing, but the brain responds in very similar ways, as though B were also performing the task.19Time to Brain Storm!How will neuroscience change the way you work and live?

20Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives21Neuroscience HypometerGood science usually gives you as many questions as answers. Kayt Sukel

22Neuroscience HypometerHow do you separate the hype from meaningful content?

What is the source? What is their expertise?Who funded the research?What is their agenda?What language is used?Do they raise questions for further study?Do they claim exclusivity?Is there commerce involved?Is there mention of a conspiracy?Has the result been replicated in other research?What is your personal hypometer telling you?

Modified from 10 Questions To Distinguish Real From FakeScience, Emily Willingham, ForbesAvailable at: learningtogo.info

23Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives24The Business CaseWhat needs to change?How will we accomplish the change?What results do we expect?What is the risk of NOT implementing brain-based techniques?

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25Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives26How Does Your Program Match Up?Attention?Emotions?Repetition?Spacing?Encoding?Cues?

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27Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives28Examples of Brain-Aware Approaches to LearningGraphic OrganizersRole-play and observationMusicVideoFlash CardsAlertsScavenger huntLearning to LearnEmotional Connection29Your Blueprint for Application

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30Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives31Neuroscience Research TechniquesBefore fMRIs, psychologist tried to deduce what was happening by using tools such as:SurveysSelf-reportingStatisticsNow, it is possible to observe the subject in the act of learning.So lets do that too!32Evaluating Your ProgramWhat post-training behavior do you observe?What questions do the learners ask?Where do learners go for more information?What did learners find most significant?How does the new content relate to previous learning?How quickly/accurately can information be retrieved and applied?33Describe at least 3 recent discoveries about learning and the brain.Separate hype from significant content about the brain.Present a compelling business case for brain aware learning.Evaluate programs for their degree of brain awareness.Write a blueprint for retooling your current programs to be more brain friendly.Apply neuroscience research techniques to measure the effectiveness of training.Objectives34What one thing can you change tomorrow (or soon)?

Time to Brain Storm!

35The Power of the Brain

Your brain can play tricks on you!Be careful what you tell it!(My website is actually www.learningtogo.info)

36Additional ResourcesATD Science of Learning blog: http://tinyurl.com/o53qlym

The Power of Believing (TED Talk), Carol Dweck: http://tinyurl.com/o9h5r4g

A Light Switch for Neurons (TED Talk). Ed Boyden: http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden

The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists, by Gary Marcus (Editor), Jeremy Freeman (Editor). http://tinyurl.com/kgfn2ph

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman. http://tinyurl.com/px5uv4n

The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence, by Carl Sagan. http://tinyurl.com/qfar3w5

Brain Matters: How to help anyone learn anything using neuroscience, by Margie Meacham. http://tinyurl.com/nof8heh

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