All tagged cognitive load
Cognitive Load Theory is an influential theory from educational psychology that describes how various factors affect our ability to use our working memory resources. We’ve done a digest about cognitive load theory here and talked about it here and here, but haven’t provided an overview of the theory so I want to give an overview here.
As a former high school math and science teacher, one question drove me nuts: when will we ever use this again? According to researchers Kron et al. (1), it turns out the stuff you learned in school just might be the kind of cognitive exercises that are the keys to influencing your feelings…
In the world of COVID-19, video conferencing has become commonplace. Many of us spend our days on back to back video calls and find ourselves exhausted by the end. This phenomenon has been dubbed “zoom fatigue” but applies to any type of video conferencing.
My post today is a personal reflection on effective feedback use. Feedback is a crucial aspect of the learning process. It helps us correct errors and improve performance in the future. However, effective feedback remains a problem in education.
Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) has been formative in educational practice and indeed has been argued to be “the single most important thing for teachers to know” (see tweet below). While we understand the theory, we do not pretend to be experts in it...
MOOC participants come from all over the world, however the majority of these courses are developed in Western countries and are predominantly provided in English. What does this mean for non-native English speakers? Can they benefit from these courses as ...
