http://rickwest.edublogs.org/2006/09/01/extraneous-cognitive-load-in-distance-learning/ Bloggin' about many things, but for right now I am talking about Online Learning Research in preparation for a BlogTracks presentation at AECT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://rickwest.edublogs.org/2006/09/01/extraneous-cognitive-load-in-distance-learning/#comment-14 Rick West » Blog Archive » Can we study intrinsic cognitive load in DE? Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:39:21 +0000 http://rickwest.edublogs.org/2006/09/01/extraneous-cognitive-load-in-distance-learning/#comment-14 [...] To continue my theme of late in looking at the research about cognitive demands in distance education, I will conclude with my assessment that there is a decent amount of research done about extraneous cognitive load in DE (the CL related to instructional style, design, or method), and a small but growing bit of research about germane cognitive load in DE (the CL related to schema making–the “good” CL). However, there is almost nothing about intrinsic cognitive load in DE. Intrinsic cognitive load is the cognitive load inherent in the material to be learned. For example, no matter how effective your teaching methods, there will be some cognitive load involved in learning Quantum Physics, because there is cognitive load related to that subject matter, regardless of the instructional design. [...] [...] To continue my theme of late in looking at the research about cognitive demands in distance education, I will conclude with my assessment that there is a decent amount of research done about extraneous cognitive load in DE (the CL related to instructional style, design, or method), and a small but growing bit of research about germane cognitive load in DE (the CL related to schema making–the “good” CL). However, there is almost nothing about intrinsic cognitive load in DE. Intrinsic cognitive load is the cognitive load inherent in the material to be learned. For example, no matter how effective your teaching methods, there will be some cognitive load involved in learning Quantum Physics, because there is cognitive load related to that subject matter, regardless of the instructional design. [...]

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