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Cognitive load is the portion of the memory that remembers and processes new information on short time scales (“short term working memory”). It has very limited capacity. Many studies have shown that anything that adds demands on working memory (“cognitive load”) that is not essential for the desired learning will reduce that learning (Meyer and…
Chunking Content to Foster Student Success Nov 6, 2020 2:30pm This week, join instructional designer Barrett Schwarz as he talks about a key way you can manage your students’ cognitive load through a simple process called chunking content. Content chunking is the strategy of breaking up content into shorter, bite-sized pieces that are more manageable…
Understanding Your Student’s Cognitive Load October 30, 2020 2:30pm This week, join instructional designer Barrett Schwarz as he describes the leaner theory of cognitive load and how it relates to your online course. Cognitive Load Theory states that because short-term memory is limited, learning experiences should be designed to reduce working memory ‘load’ in order…
Student success is a large part of your course. Your teaching can make all the difference to an online student. (Online) Teaching Your Students Flower Darby, author of Small Teaching Online, writes in her online teaching guide: “Online learning requires high-level executive-function skills that some students may not possess. The lack of social and logistical…
As you probably already know from your own experience as a student and educator, being the instructor of a course comes with great responsibility. Not only are you responsible for ensuring students work toward academic demands but you become students’ primary point of contact for questions, concerns, and comments related to the course itself. Students…