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New Canva Quiz Maker Feature Canva's new interactive polls and quizzes offer customizable design, multiple question types, and real-time response tracking with results downloadable as CSV files.

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What is Emotional Design? “Everything has a personality: everything sends an emotional signal. Even where this was not the intention of the designer, the people who view the website infer personalities and experience emotions.” — Don Norman

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📚 Make AI Write in Your Voice Want AI to write in your voice? 📝🤖 This guide breaks down how to train AI to match your style—perfect for content creators, educators & pros who want AI to sound like them. Check it out! 👇 #AIWriting #PersonalizedAI 🔗

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Is it time to ditch your LMS? 🤔 In this podcast, Sarah Mercier dives into whether traditional LMS platforms still serve modern learning needs—or if it’s time for a better approach. #LMS #LearningAndDevelopment #EdTech 🎧 Listen now:

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Design that includes everyone! 💙 Inclusive Sans is a new typeface designed to be more accessible for neurodivergent readers. Thoughtful, intentional, and a step toward better communication for all. Check it out! 👇 #InclusiveDesign #Typography 🔗

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Wonder Tools 📚 Find terrific books Jeremy Caplan shares some terrific new free tools that make it easy to access print, digital and audiobooks.

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Our brains are wired to focus on faces👀 Ads with faces grab attention, build trust & boost engagement. Same for learning design—use faces to guide focus, create connection & make content more relatable. How are you using faces in your designs? #TrainLikeAMarketer www.superside.com/blog/faces-i...

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“You’re often most creative when you’re the least productive.” -Austin Kleon

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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.” — Daniel J. Boorstin

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Blake Harvard on his book "Do I Have Your Attention?" and how he uses cognitive psychology in teaching. He covers memory, attention, learning pitfalls, and practical strategies like retrieval and spaced practice. Harvard argues that strong knowledge foundations boost creativity.

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Research proves audio learning boosts comprehension, engagement, and feedback. AI tools like ElevenLabs and Google MusicFX make creating effective audio learning easier than ever. Combine instructional design expertise with AI for best results. drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/audio-base...

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Why Most Course Titles Fail—And How to Make Yours Stand Out Tired of training titles that snooze? 😴 Stop the scroll! This post spills the secrets to headlines that POP. ✨ Numbers, emotions, open loops...it's all here. Level up your L&D game! #TrainLikeAMarketer

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Check out this slick new mesh gradient generator 😎 🎨 Unlimited color stops 📊 Grainy noise effect (3 blend modes) ☁️ Adjustable blur 💅 A gallery for inspiration and editing 📁 One-click SVG export & paste into Figma

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Better Slides For People In A Hurry

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Pedagogy vs. Andragogy: What's the Difference? Know your learners, make content relevant, give them choice in the learning process, and build on their prior knowledge – whether they are novices or experts in the domain at hand. These principles are true for learners of any age.

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Seth Godin's Marketing Secrets to Changing The World "...all marketing creates change. if you don't create change, you're not marketing you're just in operations..."

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“Overthinking is the biggest waste of human energy. Trust yourself, make a decision, and gain more experience. There is no such thing as perfect. You cannot think your way into perfection, just take action.” Sylvester McNutt III

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Struggling to write speaker notes for your presentations? Learn how to have AI draft polished, structured speaker notes without leaving your browser.

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Data-Enabled Training Design Made Simple Join Dr. Alaina Szlachta and Roy de Vries and learn how to use the tools you already have to gather meaningful insights, adjust training programs on the fly, and showcase their success.

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How people read Understanding how people read online is crucial for creating effective content. By designing for scanning behavior, you enhance user experience, making information more accessible, engaging, and memorable.

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I got very curious about curiosity recently and slogged through a lot of research articles to find relevant tidbits. I found lots of strategies to spark curiosity in adult learners > theelearningcoach.com/elearning_de...

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Lights, camera, connection: The power of first impressions Virtual trainer Kassy LaBorie offers practical guidance on making a killer first (and lasting!) impression on video, from crafting dynamic openings to battling Zoom fatigue

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Are you really changing behavior with your L&D programs? 🤔 The Mindtools L&D Podcast dives into the science of behavior change. They explore understanding current behaviors, digital learning methods & measuring change. Plus, the COM-B model & some valuable resources.

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How Generative AI is transforming L&D right now With Sean Bengry - The Learning & Development Podcast Tune in for insights on how AI enhances personalized learning, closes skills gaps, & transforms talent development. Listen now: 🎧👉 https://buff.ly/4aJhr0Q #AI #LND #FutureOfWork

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Why most bestselling business books are BS Most bestselling business books oversimplify complex problems and offer biased advice, making them less helpful. Alex Edmans discusses why many popular business books fail to deliver.

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Beep - Type less, Say more! Record and play voice notes and audio comments in Google Classroom, Gmail, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Forms. #ToolTime

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Just saw this and I think it is my new favorite thing I've ever seen in a bio: "AthleticallyOptimistic"

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Many have hailed the rise of Gen AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini as a golden bullet & turning point for human learning. Learners on the ground seem to agree. Great news, right? Maybe. See what Dr. Philippa Hardman thinks about it.

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The 70% rule If you’re roughly 70% happy with a piece of writing you’ve produced or anything else you've created, you should publish it and put it out in the world. Go ahead and do that thing. https://buff.ly/4jDYAbn

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The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— Oh wait.

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“What started as a purge of the security services accelerated Friday into a full-blown coup, as technical units aligned w/ oligarch Elon Musk moved to seize key systems at Treasury, block outside access to personnel records, & take offline comms networks.”

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🧠 Unlock Learner Brains & Create Engaging Training 💥 Create engaging training by understanding how attention works. Make it personal, contrastable, tangible visual, emotional, and memorable! https://buff.ly/4jDcbjb #TrainLikeAMarketer

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Everything You Know About Learning Theory Is Wrong with Nick Shackleton-Jones From TikTok as a learning platform to the risks of deceptive AI, this thought-provoking conversation will inspire and provoke in equal measure.

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The Data-Driven Design & Learning Analytics Conference Improve L&D with data! Get practical tools and strategies at this free online conference Feb.3-7 Free registration!

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Practical strategies for leveraging technology to break free of the algorithms. Learn how to: * Curate human-driven content * Use the Fediverse to share and connect A must-listen for anyone who wants to take control of the information they consume!

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Which AI to Use Now? Ethan Mollick suggests you start with Claude 3.5, ChatGPT GPT-4o, or Google Gemini 2.0. Each excels in unique areas like reasoning, multimodal interaction, or data processing. Dive into AI, experiment with features, and find what fits your needs. https://buff.ly/4hr4b2Q

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Power naps for the win! 💤 Research shows frequent napping boosts memory and learning by enhancing sleep-dependent consolidation. Even non-nappers can benefit with practice! Ready to turn naps into your secret productivity tool? #Learning #Memory #Napping

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Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) just now: “You could literally walk down the street and the first 100 people you’d find would be less dangerous as the head of HHS than Robert F Kennedy Jr. He will get people killed”

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In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. –Albert Einstein

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This week's newsletter has some great info on data visualization, persuasive communication, and effective visual design for learning. Plus, as always, helpful tech tools & the podcast of the week which talks about the classic "Invisible Gorilla" experiment. #FridayFinds

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