Cognitive Overload and Its Countermeasures from the Angle of Information Processing

Author

Aidi, Xu

Author_Institution

Coll. of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Normal Univ., Jinhua, China

Volume

1

fYear

2009

fDate

21-22 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

391

Lastpage

394

Abstract

The problems of cognitive overload have greatly influenced students´ learning in multimedia and Web-based environment. The main technological factors of cognitive overload are analyzed as following: hypertext structure of information and multi-task, disturbance of unnecessary information, interaction of auditory and visual information. Cognitive theory of multimedia learning provides the theoretical basis of cognitive overload, and it suggests that there are three kinds of cognitive load during learners´ information processing, which include cognitive load of essential processing, cognitive load of incidental processing and cognitive load of representational holding. Finally, several ways are put forward as the countermeasures to reduce the corresponding cognitive load.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; multimedia computing; Web-based learning; auditory information; cognitive overload; hypertext structure; incidental processing; information processing; multimedia learning; representational holding; student learning; visual information; Animation; Auditory system; Cognition; Courseware; Educational institutions; Geometry; Information analysis; Information processing; Information technology; Videos; Web-based Learning; cognitive load; cognitive overload; information processing; information technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Information Technology Application, 2009. IITA 2009. Third International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nanchang

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3859-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IITA.2009.278

Filename

5369160