Thought Leadership
The idea of attention span becomes a fluid concept, as people can pay attention and learn for an infinite period if sufficiently engaged. This blog looks at how we can improve our learners' attention spans.
Visuals are an essential component in successful learning programmes. This blog explores how images affect attention and the use of animation combining audio and visuals.
Learning in the flow of work means providing resources or prompts to someone during the performance of job tasks. This blog breaks down how we can better support learning in the flow of work.
Can we really look to neuroscience to influence how we design effective learning? If we’re talking about cognitive neuroscience, the data tells us the answer is yes.
In the drive to understand how people learn, a variety of theories have gained popular traction over the years. The problem is, some of these are more robust than others. Enter the ‘neuromyth’ – a false understanding of how the brain works, commonly repeated and believed due to its apparent scientific authenticity.
Educational neuroscience is a field that studies brain activity during learning and seeks to understand the processes required for learning to occur. By understanding these processes, learning experience designers and commissioners of training products gain collective insight to inform real-world design decisions.
Following the recent Sponge & Skill Pill webinar at LTDX 2021, 'A better normal: Successfully Adjusting to Hybrid Working’, with Gerry Griffin, Pam Hamilton, and Dan Curtis, we gathered some of the key discussion topics.
In today's business world, customers are savvier than ever, and with a wealth of information at their fingertips, they will often have researched the vendor before approaching the sales department. The sellers, for their part, need to be able to access knowledge and sales tools just-in-time, online or offline.
Since 2020, Diversity and Inclusion training has taken centre-stage at the forefront of social consciousness, and the efforts to build a more inclusive workplace gained momentum. In a guest post, Nick Watmough from our sister company Skill Pill discusses how to leverage microlearning to create a powerful D&I campaign.
A Sponge workplace learning guide: 4 ways to be courageously creative in learning.
Sponge's Learning Experience Designer Mark O'Gorman analyses the record-breaking session by Michelle Roodt from Learning Technologies Digital Experiences 2021.
With a surge in demand from clients, we set out to answer a burning question - when to go for bespoke Diversity & Inclusion online training, and when off-the-shelf solution is the best option.