Informing: A cognitive load perspective

Informing Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-45

  Kalyuga, Slava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Evolutionary perspec tive; Human cognitive architecture; ICT based learning; Informing; Instructional design; Instructional psychology; Natural information processing systems; Sources of cognitive load

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957575581     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1349     Document Type: Article

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