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How to Combat Cognitive Overload with Connie Malamed #ASTDTK12

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high cognitive load (which leads to poor comprehension and obstructs learning) Cognitive load affected by # of interacting elements. If you present info with big words that people have to interpret, you’re imposing high cognitive load. But to understand something, we have to bring it back from long-term memory to working memory.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." (You Makes sense. Jean Marrapodi 11:39 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Ruth Clark: eLearning and the Science of Instruction: A 10 Year Retrospection

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The cognitive model of working memory hasn’t changed that much. But now we’re talking more about cognitive load. 3 Forms of Cognitive Load: intrinsic (the complexity of your content) – listen to the audio, translate it, construct a response and pronounce it quickly – the number of cognitive activities you have to perform.

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Using Game Design To Create Accomplishment Based Learning, Julie Dirksen #astdtk13 @usablelearning

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Higher cognitive load in one group vs. the other who had easy math tasks. When we ask people to concentrate and use cognitive resources, it has an impact on will power. When you use a regular pattern you already know, it's the cognitive equivalent of coasting. Plants vs. Zombies is a great example of flow.

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Learner Experience Design with Julie Dirksen #ASTDTK12

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Reducing cognitive load – don’t want the learner thinking about how to get through the program, want them expending their cognitive load on the content… Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett – the layers that go into user design ( [link] ) When something doesn’t work in classroom training, you know immediately. hours each.

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Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID Live on EdTechTalk)

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The function of this element is to support the cognitive and affective objectives of learning. Social presence supports cognitive objectives through its ability to instigate, sustain, and support critical thinking in a community of learners" (p. Example: Blogging as place to review articles and post your own reflections.

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Learning Solutions 2022 - Conference Summary #LSCon

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Phil shared plenty of examples of inspiring ways he's made art in spite of/because of his shaking hand. Check out #LearnOnTikTok for inspiration and examples. Then then starting mapping everything to domains (cognitive, psychomotor, affective). He figured his life as an artist was over. The artwork he's since created is AMAZING.

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