When Everything Looks Important, Learners Remember Less

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When every topic in a training module carries the same visual weight, employees walk away with only a fuzzy sense of what actually matters. This article examines research on attention, memory, and instructional signaling, and then shows L&D teams how to build a visible hierarchy. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Learning Psychology  Source: eLearning Industry  ​Read More 

Security Council LIVE: Tracking Syria’s transition

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As Damascus continues to rebuild after more than a decade of war – from the recent dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to the United States’ removal of Syria from its sponsors of terrorism list – a top UN official warned the Security Council on Thursday that international support is key to advance progress to overcome steep challenges. UN News app users can follow here.

Why AI Personalization Fails Without Strong Instructional Design: An Evidence-Based Guide

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Discover how AI can personalize eLearning without replacing human expertise. Explore the A.D.A.P.T. framework, research-backed insights, and practical implementation strategies that help L&D leaders create ethical, engaging, and effective learning experiences. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Artificial Intelligence  Source: eLearning Industry  ​Read More 

United’s new A321XLR is packed with tech, and it’s about to take on new transatlantic routes

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United’s new Airbus A321XLR begins service soon, and it’s packed with techIt’ll mostly serve international, transatlantic routes with free Starlink-powered Wi-FiThe big surprise? Two Economy Plus rows with no middle seats Just a few months back, I got to go inside United’s next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner, complete with a high-tech new interior, spacious seats, and some notable upgrades for Economy. The 787 is a wide-body aircraft built for United’s biggest and longest routes, and now, the airline is bringing that same design philosophy to a much smaller plane and experimenting with something I’ve never seen on a United aircraft before: an Economy Plus row with no middle seat. I’ve been inside United’s brand-new Airbus A321XLR, a single-aisle aircraft that’s designed to bridge the gap between narrowbody efficiency and widebody distance capabilities, and it’s a pretty fascinating look at where the airline’s cabins are headed. There’s a new Polaris business-class seat with closing doors, a spacious Premium Plus […]

Explainer: UN peace operations work to create, preserve peace

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Supporting the first democratic elections after brutal civil wars in Mozambique and Cambodia. Disarming thousands of child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Helping to secure Namibia’s independence from South Africa. These are some of the contributions of UN operations around the world to help countries transition from conflict to lasting peace.

Land models sprout as degradation threatens billions of livelihoods

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Promising efforts to restore degraded land are now in the spotlight at a time when 40 per cent of the world’s land currently faces degradation and drought, threatening the livelihoods of over three billion people, the head of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said Wednesday, announcing three winners of its World Restoration Flagships awards.