If you are a learning professional or if you think of yourself as a product designer, one of the most important aspects of your work is understanding how people learn. Yet, many of us in the field … [Read more...]
Search Results for: cognitive psychology
8 Principles on Cognitive Load and Collaborative Learning
Collaborative learning—when people work together in small groups to help each other learn—is considered an effective instructional approach. But research shows that the benefits of collaborative … [Read more...]
Six Strategies You May Not Be Using To Reduce Cognitive Load
In a complex world, it's easy to get overwhelmed by a deluge of complex information. This shouldn't be surprising, as working memory (our mental work space), has a limited capacity for processing … [Read more...]
What makes someone an expert?
The Cognitive Psychology of Expertise
The purpose of most long-term learning experiences is to move an individual from a state of little proficiency in a skill to one of competence or even expertise. But what makes someone an expert? … [Read more...]
ELC 060: How to Practice Evidence-Informed Learning Design
A Conversation with Mirjam Neelen
I am hoping that this will be the decade of maturation for the learning industry. Part of that maturation will involve applying evidence informed learning design drawn from cognitive psychology … [Read more...]
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Novice Versus Expert Design Strategies
The Expertise Reversal Effect
Common sense tells us that we should design differently for novices than for experts. Wouldn't you expect a novice swimmer to learn new strokes differently than an advanced swimmer? What might not be … [Read more...]
Starting a Learning Design Team
It may not be as easy as pressing a button, but with enough research and planning, your organization can build an instructional design team. You will need to define its purpose and understand the … [Read more...]
Answers To Instructional Design Career Questions
I get lots of emails from people who are considering a career in instructional design. In fact, that's why I created a free 12-lesson email course called Breaking into Instructional Design. It's all … [Read more...]
Long-Term Memory: A User’s Guide
When you're designing learning experiences, long-term memory is the ultimate destination. It's the promised land—where you want newly learned skills and information to integrate with a person's … [Read more...]
Learning Science Books to Inspire You This Year
Explaining and Applying the Latest Educational Psychology Research
According to the publisher McGraw-Hill, learning science "combines research, data, and practices to help educators teach better and students learn more. It draws from disciplines including cognitive … [Read more...]
10 Principles of Learning Experience Design
The first article in a series on LXD
How did the term learning experience design (LXD) originate and what does it mean? In a search through academic databases, I found a mention of the phrase in an Educational Technology article from … [Read more...]