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Ever noticed how your attention wanders off midway through a meeting or lecture? Why can’t people remember everything that they are being taught and trained to do? You may have a feeling that traditional learning methods aren’t the most valuable type. And to prove the point, recent studies have shown the deficiencies of these traditional methods and verified the effectiveness of a new approach: microlearning.

But, what is microlearning? What is the science behind the efficiency of this strategy? Let’s check it out!

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Our brain has an active mechanism for forgetting in order to protect the brain from overloading. Our ability to remember is limited, but the ability to subconsciously train new skills is unlimited. The subconscious does not forget anything and helps adults to speak fluent English in less than a year.

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In this guide, we’ll walk you through virtual classroom design best practices to create engaging virtual events, virtual training exercises, and breakout activities. You’ll also discover the key principles of effective online learning and how modern tech allows us to weave them into our virtual training experiences.

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The eLearning industry has seen rapid growth in the past few years. From slideshows to AR technology, it has evolved a lot. A Statista report says, currently, more than 3.8 billion smartphone users exist in the market. And now, with that many users, many developers have started offering services via mobile apps for almost everything, be it learning, traveling, or even eating, there’s a mobile app that already exists.

Now, with such digitalization, which has grown, especially during COVID-19, eLearning has kept learners and teachers connected. Even though colleges and universities were closed, eLearning made sure that the learning process did not stop. It also helped students and teachers stay protected against the deadly virus.

The culture of online learning started in 1990 when Duke University and Cornell University initiated online certification programs. Currently, online courses have more than six million students globally.

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The world today is rapidly progressing on the road to utilization, with the ever-increasing number of technical applications that are used to communicate and pass on knowledge. In a traditional classroom, knowledge acquisition is limited to the information the instructor has and that which they can access. However, connecting students to the outside world enhances their ability to construct new knowledge.

E-learning is an umbrella term that is used to describe a wide variety of electronic ways that enable access to education, and the process in itself. These include: virtual classrooms, web-based learning, computer-based learning, digital collaboration, video and audio recordings, interactive TV and many more. Thus, e-learning is suited to flexible learning methods and distance learning. E-learning can however be coupled with face-to-face instruction, which is called blended learning.

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This article takes a closer look at how big companies such as KFC or Walmart use virtual reality learning to impart skills and knowledge to employees for a variety of purposes. Each example is a real-world mini case-study to reveal the range of potential applications, what they replace, and their effectiveness.

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Heading back to the classroom as an adult may well be a daunting task, especially if you have been out of the loop for a long time. It may seem even scarier if you are going to be completing an online course and you don’t really know how it will work or what to expect. Also, with the need for online learning skyrocketing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, new online teaching methods are required and therefore are being produced at rapid rates.

People are working round the clock and finding ways to translate traditional teaching methods onto the online learning experience. That means if you are thinking about taking up an online learning course, there has never been a better time. So, with all that in mind, we are going to discuss a few ways you can maximize your online learning experience in order to effectively learn your craft.

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A positive pandemic outcome in education is that teachers also report feeling much better prepared to teach remotely and in hybrid environments following the “trial-by-fire” this spring. Three-quarters of respondents said they were confident about taking on the challenges posed by the fall semester.

“Educators were forced to make quick, drastic changes last spring, and despite the disruption, our research shows their confidence in using and teaching with technology has increased,” said HMH CEO Jack Lynch, in a statement. “There is still concern about the fall and what our ‘new normal’ will be, but the marked increase in optimism is a testament to the resilience, adaptability and commitment of our nation’s teachers, and the clear realization we all have of how critical and central their jobs are to a thriving society.”

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Currently, there are numerous modern technologies and multimedia software for PCs, which are widely used in education to collect information, conduct research, or acquire knowledge in various subjects.

The internet is the most useful technology of our time. Today, any person with access to the internet has huge opportunities for self-study, which subsequently leads to self-education. Thus, knowledge becomes available to most of the population. Our generation can learn materials even in other languages. It is enough to use online translators at any time convenient for the user. In addition, a huge number of tips, articles, tutorial videos, and so on are posted on the web.

The internet and other modern technologies provide many benefits in the learning process and education in general.T Let’s take a look at some of them.

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