VP with Paul Ginns #2: Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) Based Learning Design

The VP activities with Associate Professor Paul Ginns continued on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. This week's meeting discussed learning design based on Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). The lecture started at 07.30 by reviewing the material from the previous meeting. After walking for about 15 minutes, he continued the material related to learning design based on CLT.

CLT offers several learning designs that can maximize human working memory capacity, including goal free problem (GF) and work example (WE). The limited capacity of working memory will be greatly influenced by the amount of cognitive load that occurs during learning. CLT-based learning design is able to reduce the cognitive load that occurs during the teaching and learning process. GF learning design can avoid means end analysis which in fact produces a lot of cognitive load in learning.

WE learning design is simply learning by example. This learning design provides knowledge in the form of examples to help students' knowledge construction process. This will summarize the elements that students need to learn at one time so that working memory capacity can run optimally in acquiring knowledge.

Associated Professor Paul Ginns gave a very clear lecture, even giving explicit examples of each design to facilitate the understanding of the audience. The event, which was attended by more than 50 people, lasted until 09:00 WIB.

(PW)