The article discusses how ancient storytelling engages our brains in a way that modern eLearning often fails to do. It highlights the contrast between shallow learning methods, such as reading bullet points, and story-based learning, which activates multiple brain regions. This difference leads to poor engagement and retention rates in conventional online education. The piece advocates for designing digital learning experiences that tap into our evolutionary predisposition for narrative, suggesting that such an approach could significantly enhance knowledge retention and learner engagement.
But what if we could design digital learning experiences that leverage rather than ignore these ancient neural circuits?
It's a limited, shallow form of engagement that explains why most eLearning content evaporates from memory within days.
The emotional centers respond to character challenges. This whole-brain engagement creates what neuroscientists call "neural coupling".
Despite all their sophisticated features, our digital learning environments are still interfacing with brains that evolved to learn through narrative.
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