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"Good instructional design is driven by our knowledge of human cognitive structures and the manner in which those structures are organised into a cognitive architecture. Without knowledge .. such as the ... characteristics of and intricate relations between working memory and long-term memory, the effectiveness of instructional design is likely to be random." (John Sweller, 2014)

The cognitiveload.com.au group at Southern Cross University is a group of researchers who are involved with a variety of projects that include Cognitive Load Theory. Although these researchers are situated in an Information Technology discipline, their focus is multi-disciplinary. This site details some of their current projects, and in the near future will link to publications, research opportunities and other resources.

  • CAFE toolkit

    CAFE is an assistive evaluation toolkit that can be used by academics to apply CLT principles and effects to improve their flexible learning materials, particularly to advantage lower-performing students. CAFE Toolkit

  • Home Dialysis Training

    A research project that is examining how multimedia training materials designed using Cognitive Load Theory can be used to make home dialysis training more successful. (Coming soon)

  • IT Girls extended

    We have several research projects surrounding the "IT Girls" workshops that are designed using cognitive load theory. Watch this space for papers and also new projects.

  • What next?

    Please check back regularly to see what's new in our group. If you would like to collaborate on a project, please contact us.

News

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Cognitive Load perspective on International Student exams

Closely related to out previous work on cognitive load theory applied in authentic learning environments was a new study published this month at the Australasian Computing Education Conference. The paper looked at the difference in performance of international students given an exam that had had its design modified by cognitive load theory application, without decreasing the difficulty of the content.

The paper is now available in the ACM Digital Library at "Assessing International Students - the role of cognitive load"

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