Pedagogical Principles
Collaborative Classrooms
by Dr. Miriam Horne, Associate Professor, CORE; edited by Caroline Toy, CLT Collaborative classrooms provide benefits for student learning and... ... Read More
Dee Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning
Dee Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning is an essential model for faculty to consider as they design their courses and... ... Read More
Minimizing Students’ Extraneous Cognitive Load
Web usability experts sometimes use the mantra “don’t make me think” to describe the ideal for clear, clutter-free web design and navigation.
While this may sound simplistic or lazy, it’s actually just a catchy summation of one of the fundamental principles of “cognitive load theory”. ... Read More