Upon completion of “Cognitive Load and Creativity” Training Tutorial, the beginning design student will learn tools and resources to mitigate the effects of cognitive load on their creative process.

1. Douglas Hardenburgh
AET/545 E-learning Design
Technologies
September 23,2013
Professor: Garth Beerman
Effects of
Cognitive
Load on
Creativity
What it means to
students,faculty
and academic
institutions
Douglas Hardenburgh
09.23.2013
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2. What is Cognitive
Load and How Does it
Effect Creativity?
?
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3. Creativity is effected
when mental effort
exceeds experience
Improperly managed
complex information
results in lower
performance levels...
(Sweller,1988)
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4. In this training students will:
• Learn tools to facilitate higher
levels of critical thinking.
• Learn techniques to mitigate
the effects of cognitive load.
• Use adaptive creative processes
for innovative design solutions.
Tutorial Goal
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5. To determine the
effects of cognitive
load on the process of
creativity a needs
analysis survey was
performed.
Needs
Analysis
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6. To determine the
effects of cognitive
load on the process of
creativity a needs
analysis survey and
assessment was
performed.
Analysis Survey
and
Assessment
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7. Needs Analysis and Assessment:
1.0 The Learning Problem
• Beginning design students
required to perform critical
analysis and tasks.
2.0 What is Currently Available?
• Inadequite course offerings
available to understand how
design process interacts to
facilitate solutions.
RESULTS!
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8. Needs Analysis and Assessment:
3.0 What should be available?
• Course offerings made avialble
to help students become skilled
at critical thinking methods.
4.0 Gap Analysis
• Beginning students are unable
to bridge the gap between
cognitive intelligence and
innovative forcasting.
RESULTS!
Continued
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9. RESULTS!
End
Needs Analysis and Assessment:
5.0 What are the recommented
solutions for filling the gap ?
• Interactive e-learning training
module instructing novice
design students in the creative
intelligent process required to
evaluate and implement
creative design solutions.
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10. Upon completion of
“Cognitive Load and
Creativity”Training
Tutorial,the beginning
design student will learn
tools and resources to
mitigate the effects of
cognitive load on their
creative process.
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11. Using the
ABCD Model
for Creating
Objectives
ABCD!
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12. 1.0 Who is the Audience?
• Beginning design students who
lack proficiency with critical
thinking methods relating to
the design process.
Performance Based
Objectives
1
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13. 2.0 What is the expected
Behavior?
• After completing the tutorial
(with a passing grade)
• Learners will demonstrate
clarity in critical thinking skills
and understand core design
process principles.
Performance Based
Objectives
1
2
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14. 3.0 What Conditions will the
learning take place?
• Tutorial will be delivered via
online e-learning platform.
• Learners will navigate through
the tutorial material.
• Summative quiz will test level
of comprehension.
Performance Based
Objectives
1
2
3
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15. 4.0 What is the degree of
accomplishment?
• Learners are required to recieve
a summative passing score of
80% or higher to pass the
learning tutorial.
Performance Based
Objectives
1
2
3
4
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16. Learning
ObjectivesL0
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17. 1
1.0 Learning Objective Summery
To recall,recognize and identify
differences in mental effort and
information retention.
• Students will learn skills
through the use of tutorial
lessons and activities that:
a.Test ability to recall
information
b.Recognize and identify
differences in terminologies
c. Statistical facts and
conceptual analysis
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18. 2
2.0 Learning Objective Summery
To create,generate,plan,produce
and design quantitative
measurable learned criteria
• Students will learn critical
analysis skills by:
a.Timed and un-timed creative
activities,that will involve:
b.Making,building or designing
tasks against previously
quantified criteria.
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19. 3
3.0 Learning Objective Summery
To critique,assess,and evaluate
visual sequencing tasks related to
the creative process.
• Students will learn executive
functioning skills that will
facilitate the creative process
required to:
a.Implement innovative and
collaborative design solutions.
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20. 4
4.0 Learning Objective Summery
To perform analysis,organize
content and differentiate
concepts into organized
patterned thought.
• Students will learn how
patterns and foundational
elements of seemingly
irrelevant connections:
a.Function together to
determine relevant concepts
in presented material.
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21. Thank You.
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