When designing a sequence of learning there are a few things to consider before you decide how inherently complex or difficult your content can be.
Category: incremental design
Information will not write itself on our memories.
Information will not write itself on our memories. In order to illustrate to a student how they should approach learning in order to become independent
How To Avoid The Curse of Knowledge in Teaching
This is a series of posts discussing examples of the Curse of Knowledge in instructional design, a phenomenon characterised by the unintended omission of information
The Curse of Knowledge
A type of cognitive bias, the curse of knowledge is essentially characterised by omitting certain information when interacting with another because you assume that what
5 Tricks to Presenting Better SLides – Multi-media principles
Richard Meyer’s Multi-media Principles are of enormous importance to instructional design. Based on Sweller’s cognitive load theory, and Paivio’s subsequent dual coding theory, as the
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: How to create them, align them, and benefit from them
Over time and experience, you have developed an extensive schema related to your area of expertise. It is what makes you an expert in the
