Design and Facilitation of E-Learning Courses - Course

1. E- LEARNING
GOKUL K S
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMILNADU

2. COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY
It is the relationship between load of the content and the ability of a learner to learn.
 Learning and Instruction.
 Performance degrades at the cognitive load extremes.
 Excessively low load (underload).
 Excessively high load (overload).
 Under conditions of both underload and overload, learners may cease to learn.

3. COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY CONT...
 CLT- Concerned with the learning of complex cognitive tasks.
 Learners are often overwhelmed by the number of information elements.
 Interactions that need to be processed simultaneously.
Load theory implies:
 Instructional control.
 To attain meaningful learning in complex cognitive domains.
 Learning happens best under conditions that are aligned with human
cognitive architecture.

4. THREE TYPES OF COGNITIVE LOAD
Intrinsic information: within the text or curriculum, we don't need to go outside.
, extraneous, and germane.
 Instructional designers to categorize information and activities as
intrinsic, extraneous, or germane.
 Predict learning outcomes.
 A cognitive load that is germane for a novice may be extraneous for an expert.

5. COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY THEORY
 Advanced knowledge acquisition.
 Massive Experience in the field/area.
 Learning stages:- Introductory->Intermediary->advanced stages.
"The learners must attain a deeper understanding of content material reason with it,
and apply it flexibly in diverse contexts".

6.  many concepts interact conceptually therefore their patterns of combinations
are inconsistent.
 Deficiencies in acquiring advance knowledge
Ex: Medical students.
Examples of Biomedical misconceptions:
-Over Simplification of complex and irregular structure.
-Over reliance....(Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything
he learned in school- Einstein)

7.  Advanced knowledge acquisition different from introductory learning.
 More Successful advanced knowledge acquisition in ill-structured.
 Cognitive Flexibility Theory use of multiple mental and pedagogical
representations; the promotion of multiple alternative systems.

8.  A computer hypertext approach that implements Cognitive Flexibility Theory.
 Discussion of one concept-> Other concepts embedded with text.
 "Advanced knowledge acquisition"- learning beyond the introductory stage for a
subject area, comes with massive experience. Neglected intermediate
stage the aims and means of advanced knowledge acquisition different.