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ELC 055: What You Need to Know About Cognitive Load

A Conversation with John Sweller

by Connie Malamed

What you need to know about cognitive load

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...]

8 Principles on Cognitive Load and Collaborative Learning

by Connie Malamed

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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

by Connie Malamed

Six Strategies You May Not Use 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

by Connie Malamed

what makes someone an expert

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

by Connie Malamed

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...]

Using the Think Aloud Protocol to Test Usability of Learning Designs

by Connie Malamed

Using the think aloud method to test usability of learning designs

Usability testing is missing from the traditional instructional design process. But not having a way to find problems is a problem. We need to make sure that eLearning courses, learning portals, … [Read more...]

Six Ways to Use Examples And Nonexamples To Teach Concepts

by Connie Malamed

Examples and Nonexamples for Teaching Concepts

Your brain likes to generalize. It forms generalizations out of individual examples, similar to fitting together the pieces of a puzzle. This is more or less how we form concepts—by grouping together … [Read more...]

Persuading Clients To Accept Your Course Design

by Connie Malamed

I received an email from an experienced instructional designer who had a problem that is all too common in our field. She was having trouble persuading clients to accept her course design. She … [Read more...]

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Novice Versus Expert Design Strategies

The Expertise Reversal Effect

by Connie Malamed

Novice versus Expert Design Strategies

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

by Connie Malamed

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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

by Connie Malamed

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...]

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