Learning Overload
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TMI! Cognitive Overload and Learning

Thursday, July 13, 2017

If you want to get a sense of the vast amount of data exploding every second, visit Internet Live Stats and watch the numbers for Internet users, websites, emails, and many other statistics updated in real time. But watch out—you might find yourself mesmerized by the rolling numbers and the dizzyingly rapid pace of expansion they represent. This is an example of what we call “cognitive overload.”

Cognitive Load Theory was introduced by John Sweller to explain why people have so

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