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The Planet Captivate Blog – Cognitive Load

Adobe Captivate

In this post, I’d like to focus our attention on the theory side of things. In particular, a topic whose importance in the eLearning arena was really brought to my attention by a colleague of mine named Jim Garland. However, one topic that Jim has helped me to better understand is that of cognitive load. So let’s get started.

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Manage Cognitive Load in Digital Learning

B Online Learning

It’s widely accepted that our memory system consists of three components – a sensory memory that receives information from our surroundings, a working memory to process this information and also to retrieve information from our long-term memory. Three Types of Cognitive Load. It leverages our learning process.

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Friday Finds — Cognitive Load Research, Crafting Content, AIDC Conference

Mike Taylor

The session emphasizes the importance of creating memorable messages that capture sustained attention, reduce cognitive fatigue, and enhance trust and motivation. Download the 1-pager on 10 science-backed principles to create content that captures attention, builds trust, and motivates action. Short on tie?

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Cognitive biases: test your knowledge!

KnowledgeOne

Do you know what a cognitive bias is and how many there are to date? Are you aware that certain cognitive biases must be taken seriously in the teaching world? Can you tell a cognitive bias from a myth? Cognitive biases are perceptual distortions that can be said to be to our mind what optical illusions are to our visual system.

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Learning Science Bandwagon?

Clark Quinn

And I think neuroscience research is quite interesting! All the implications have been previously documented from learning science research at the cognitive or social level. Neuroscience is cool, but its use in learning design tends to be to draw attention (read: marketing), not for any new outcomes.

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Cognitive Bias: When Our Brain Plays Tricks On Us

KnowledgeOne

We are all quite familiar with the phenomenon of optical illusions, but less so with the phenomenon of cognitive biases. These mental shortcuts that allow the brain to simplify information processing are inevitable, but we can learn to detect them better, starting with a better knowledge of them. The underside of cognitive bias.

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More on cognitive mapping

Ontuitive

Edward Tolman's influential experiments with rats in the 1940's remain highly formative for the field of cognitive psychology, and continue to shape our discussions about learning theory. It was the performance of this third group that got the researchers' attention.

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