What is Intrinsic Cognitive Load

There are many resources available to higher education faculty to support selection and production of multimedia for use in blended (also known as mixed-mode or hybrid) learning experiences. Unfortunately, there is limited advice, best practice, or research available to assist a faculty member in determining which content would be best delivered to students in person, online, or in a mixture of the two approaches. This chapter describes a course design model used to determine the types of content that are best delivered in a completely classroom, only online, or mostly mixed pedagogical approach. The characteristics and criteria for content most suited to each of these instructional strategies are listed, and two worked examples from an undergraduate science and a doctoral statistics course are included.