Reduce

Cognitive

Load

Narration/ lecture

Text/ reading

Images/ animation

Cognitive Overload

• The term cognitive load is used in cognitive psychology to illustrate the load related to the executive control of working memory (WM). Theories contend that during complex learning activities the amount of information and interactions that must be processed simultaneously can either under-load, or overload the finite amount of working memory one possesses. All elements must be processed before meaningful learning can continue.

Support

Multimodal

Learning

Appeal to multiple

learning

preferences.

Increase learner

engagement.

Help students

understand

complex

information

Authentic

Learning

Experience

Develop

Digital

Literacies

Strengthen multiple

“Core Literacies”written and oral communication

information literacy

creative thinking

inquiry and analysis

critical thinking and problem solving

digital literacy

etc.