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What is Cognitive Overload

Chapter 12
Digital Distractions in the College Classroom
Overabundance of stimuli leading to a decrease in the efficiency and comfort of an individual.
Published in Chapter:
Student Perspectives on Distraction and Engagement in the Synchronous Remote Classroom
Noah Q. Cowit (University of Colorado, USA) and Lecia J. Barker (University of Colorado, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9243-4.ch012
Abstract
Synchronous remote learning was adopted widely due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. To many educators and students, this was a new medium through which distraction could take place. The research described in this chapter investigates students' perceptions surrounding their engagement and distraction in the synchronous remote learning environment long after the chaos of the 2020 shutdown had eased. Drawing on 32 one-hour interviews conducted during the 2020-21 academic year of undergraduate students in remote classes, data were grouped into three major themes: social presence, cognitive load, and virtual and physical environments. These themes are described in depth in this chapter through discussion of interviewees' quotations. This study provides a nuanced view of students' experiences with synchronous remote learning and contributes to the theory of role strain.
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Chapter 469
Conceptual Foundations for Interactive Programming Activities with the Conjunction of Scratch4OS and Open Sim
This term is usually accumulated for the information that each user obtains during her/his introduction in a new platform or environment.
Published in Chapter: Conceptual Foundations for Interactive Programming Activities with the Conjunction of Scratch4OS and Open Sim; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 595
Telescopic Ads on Interactive Digital Television
Cognitive overload occurs when the volume of information supply exceeds the information processing capacity of the individual.
Published in Chapter: Telescopic Ads on Interactive Digital Television; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 11
Station North Tool Library
The situation where the capacity of learners for cognitive processing has exceeded their cognitive capacity.
Published in Chapter: Station North Tool Library; From: American Perspectives on Learning Communities and Opportunities in the Maker Movement
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Chapter 22
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Scenarios: And External Representations for Promoting Them
Caused by excessive demands on a learner’s mental abilities and can limit their capacity to learn and apply knowledge.
Published in Chapter: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Scenarios: And External Representations for Promoting Them; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 5
Potential Outcomes of Digital Burnout in Second Language Learning: Understanding the Risks and Mitigating Strategies
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Chapter 338
Interactive Television Context and Advertising Recall
This occurs when the volume of information supply exceeds the information processing capacity of the individual.
Published in Chapter: Interactive Television Context and Advertising Recall; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 3
Transactional Distance and the Capacity Triangle of Adult Teaching and Learning
The understanding that when students have a great deal of information to process, it is important that prior learning can support students through that task. Cognitive overload can cause students to struggle with memory and attention to a task.
Published in Chapter: Transactional Distance and the Capacity Triangle of Adult Teaching and Learning; From: Providing Writing Feedback in Online Teaching and Learning: The PAUSE Framework
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Chapter 96
Multiple Intelligences
Learners process information in working memory so new knowledge will become a part of their long term memory. Working memory can process very limited amount of information at one time and if there is too much stimuli, cognitive overload would occur and learning would become ineffective. Premature understanding about multiple intelligences can lead a teacher to create or choose multimedia with excess stimuli and this can cause cognitive overload among learners.
Published in Chapter: Multiple Intelligences; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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