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What is cognitive load?

by Connie Malamed

what is cognitive load

What makes learning difficult? How can we improve learning design? One way is to use strategies that reduce cognitive load. Find out more about this theory.

Working Memory: 20 Facts You Must Know

What is working memory?

by Connie Malamed

what is working memory

Working memory is the equivalent of being mentally online. Working memory is where we manipulate information in the moment.

Applying Richard Mayer’s Cognitive Theory Of Multimedia Learning

by Connie Malamed

Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning

This article presents the principles of Richard Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and how to apply them when designing multimedia learning.

Metacognition And Learning: Strategies For Instructional Design

by Connie Malamed

Metacognition and Learning

Metacognition strategies are techniques that help people become more successful learners. Shouldn’t this be a crucial goal of instructional design?

Watch Out For Those Seductive Details

by Connie Malamed

A seductive detail is highly interesting to the audience members, but not directly relevant to the instructional goal. How does this impact learning?

Three Brainy Books Reviewed

Learning and the Brain

by Connie Malamed

Three books that provide fascinating insights about intelligence and cognition. You can apply the principles to learning and the brain.

10 Relevant Facts About the Brain

Basics of Learning Science

by Connie Malamed

10 Relevant Facts About the Brain

Here are a few facts about the brain that can improve your online learning courses.

Self-Directed Learning: Empowerment In The Workplace

by Connie Malamed

self-directed learning for the workplace

Self-directed learning is one way to reduce the effort and cost of building training. It also has long-term benefits to employees and organizations.

Improve Workplace Learning with a Dose of Reality

by Connie Malamed

Improve workplace learning with a dose of reality

In positive learning transfer, what a person learns in one situation enhances his or her performance in another situation. Adding realism to training improves learning transfer.

10 Definitions of Learning

by Connie Malamed

If you are searching for definitions of learning, these ten descriptions show the multitude of ways that learning can be described.

Interactive Learning: The Power of Embodied Cognition

by Connie Malamed

Why is interactive learning more effective than passive learning? Researchers think embodied cognition is one explanation.

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