Need to check the colour contrast between your text and background? I needed to make sure something had a contrast ratio greater than 4.5:1, this link is super helpful: webaim.org/resources/cont…

Cool computational linguistics study of 800,000 messages, 400+ people, 117 teams: Successful teams were cognitively divergent during ideation and convergent for coordination Supports Stanford d.school emphasis on alternating between "flare" and "focus" stanford.io/3eZ3kIE

We broke the dial on our stove. Our neighbour 3-D printed us a new one.

Help learners anticipate what they are being asked to do with consistent design. Ex. Circle = one answer only, Square = multiple answers. (avoid using colour to distinguish tasks)

This is a great template for an adaptation on the game Codenames in Storyline: community.articulate.com/download/story…

Learned about attention residue today (Deep Work by Cal Newport). When you switch tasks a residue of your attention remains on the last task. If the last task is left incomplete, the residue is worse, and performance on the next task declines.

I really enjoyed this podcast episode. Great distinction between the vocabulary evidence-based and evidence-informed. ELC 060: How to Practice Evidence-Informed Learning Design theelearningcoach.com/podcasts/60/ via Connie Malamed

Neighbor A has Redwood Trees. Neighbor B installs solar panels. Over time the Redwoods start shading the solar panels. Should the Redwoods be removed? Neat ideas on how ambiguous ownership impacts our lives. Mine! 99percentinvisible.org/episode/mine/

Reading about Psychological Safety. Sometimes the benefits of speaking up are obscure and delayed while the costs are clear and immediate. So there is a bias to "underweight the benefits and overweight the costs" of speaking up (Amy Edmondson, The Fearless Organization).

I am new to learning about stoicism and really enjoyed this podcast. In particular, Epictetus' Dichotomy of Control: energy spent on things outside of our control is wasted. Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life [The Knowledge Project Ep. #128] fs.blog/knowledge-podc…

Looking for a remote learning experience designer for some contract project work. Must be able to write curriculum and build eLearning in Articulate Storyline. If interested email me your resume, portfolio, and proof of liability insurance: [email protected] Thank you ❤️

If you only measured pupil dilation, you could determine the difficulty (high/low) of a task someone was working on within 75% accuracy. Neat. link.springer.com/article/10.375…

10 visuals that will change how you see personal development 1.

The Placebo Effect: “not only do fake painkillers relieve pain, but fake expensive painkillers relieve pain more powerfully than fake cheap painkillers” (Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford #17 – The Mummy’s Curse)

Food, clothing, and shelter took up $76 of every $100 Americans made in 1900. Today it is $37. – The Rational Optimist

Love this list of ‘Measurable Verbs Used to Assess Learning Outcomes’ by Clinton Community College, helpful when creating outcomes. ccc.clinton.edu/CurriculumComm…

This changed how I run my entrepreneurship classes: Usually students pick their teams & pick ideas. It turns out that this isn’t optimal. The happiest & most successful teams are when folks are randomly assigned to a team. After that, teams pick their idea rationality-and-competition.de/wp-content/upl…

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