The Planet Captivate Blog – Cognitive Load

Welcome back, Cadets, and Happy New Year!

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.  Jim, spending several years working in the eLearning industry, has helped open my eyes to countless considerations that differ from my background as a traditional secondary educator.

However, one topic that Jim has helped me to better understand is that of cognitive load.

There has been a great deal of research done on the topic, but in a nutshell, it refers to the amount of information the human brain can effectively process at one time.

And while I knew of it prior to meeting him, I lacked understanding its impact in the eLearning environment.  Since Jim’s and my first discussion about cognitive load, I’ve challenged myself to dive into learning more about it, specifically, proactively targeting a learner’s cognitive load while developing eLearning content.

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