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Friday Finds — Cognitive Load, Content Design, Pedagogic Change

Mike Taylor

Where Did Germane Cognitive Load Go? Greg Ashman looks at the “fatal flaws” of cognitive load theory. The first problem with germane cognitive load is a philosophical one. Dig into to this one to learn more and see what he has to say about cognitive load theory. Creating Better Video for Learning.

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Friday Finds —Cognitive Load, Slow Ideas, Plain Language

Mike Taylor

Cognitive load is influenced by motivation, task elements, and background knowledge. Cognitive load is influenced by motivation, task elements, and background knowledge. Structure content to frontload important information, use headings and lists, and break up large blocks of text. Intrinsic load is about the task itself.

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Accessibility Matters: The Fundamentals of Achieving Accessible Content

CourseArc

. – to ensure that information and activities are sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible. While much of accessibility work focuses on ensuring people with disabilities have equal access to online information and activities, it benefits everyone. The term is colloquial (informal) only in the United States.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities

Learning Visions

Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Is cognitive ability plastic? And what is cognitive ability, really? Getting an Informal M.Ed Getting an Informal M.Ed We got Wii!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations

Learning Visions

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 Getting an Informal M.Ed Getting an Informal M.Ed

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[INTERVIEW] Foundations of Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism – Online Course

KnowledgeOne

This information also inspired the creation of this course and the design and implementation of policies, procedures, education, and training of varied anti-racism strategies and procedures. Many people wanted a toolkit or a 1-hour seminar – thinking that was all that was needed to either “understand” or “solve” racism.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit

Learning Visions

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). Because its true -- you can impress your clients and peers by working "cognitive load" into a sentence. Getting an Informal M.Ed