Description
Assessment Description
Individuals engaged in teaching and learning, as well as curriculum and instructional design, must have a comprehensive understanding of how the brain retains and transfers information. By recognizing the cognitive complexities involved in learning, professionals can tailor instructional approaches and practices to support the retention and transfer of information.
As a professional in your field, you have been asked to create a digital resource that can be shared with your colleagues discussing how the brain retains and transfers information.
Select one of the following deliverables to complete this assignment:
Online collaboration platform (e.g., Padlet, Trello)
Infographic
Blog or website landing page
Using the deliverable of your choice, address the following:
An overview of memory, including different types of memory such as long-term memory, short-term memory, and sensory memory, and their importance in educational or professional learning environments. Included in this overview should be a description of what occurs in the brain when memories are established.
Related to memory, an overview of retention and transfer including their relationship to learning.
A description of what occurs in the brain in relation to trauma and memory, including how trauma can affect memory.
Describe 2-3 strategies that can be used to improve memory, retention, and/or transfer in your current or future professional settings, including with learners who have experienced trauma (e.g., helping students make meaningful connections, involving sensory experiences in the teaching and learning processes). Discuss how each strategy will be helpful within the context of education, training, or learning in general.