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Information Processing , problem solving, the brain & Learning.

  By Foretia epse Atem Ajong.   Date: 20 th  March 2022. The brain has been likened to a computer and its processes that are involved in information processing, learning, and solving problems(Walden, University, LLC, n.d). In this regard, writers such as Pappas (2016) mention three stages of information processing and problem-solving: inputs, storage, and outputs. The inputs here are stimuli gathered through the human senses such as hearing, seeing, touching and taste. These stimuli are screened through the sensory memory (Pappas, 2014) and filtered if the information is worth remembering. The storage stage is comprised of both short and long-term memory. Data in the short-term memory can manage more significant portions of information which can last for about 10 seconds to one minute, according to Pappas (2016). Long-term memory is where data is stored and retrieved as output used to solve complex problems. Individual memories stored in the long-term memory as p...

Instructional Design & Learning

  By Foretia Sandra epse Atem. Am currently following three weblogs. All sites do have their peculiarities as well as common themes. They all share a central them on ‘learning’. Julian Stodd’s Learning Blog is unique in that it uses different themes such as storytelling, reputation, learning fragments, work, future of work, interpretation, leadership, culture, control, failure, organizational design, change, systems, learning communities, remote just to name a few. Julian shares diverse and new ideas in learning. Julian’s pragmatist view on issues serves as either a starter or catalyst for one to get into a deep-thinking process and look at issues from another perspective. This is a good learning  starting point, shifting from one’s own perspective. In addition, with over 4,000 followers, this site stands to provide additional views on issues as the pool of followers constituted diverse persons sharing different experiences. One can follow this link to Julian Stodd’s blog: ...