Use semantic visual components in Moodle Course to reduce learners’ cognitive load

As per the definition the ‘Cognitive Load’ refers to the amount of information the working memory can hold at any one given time. The cognitive load theory takes a scientific approach to the design of learning materials, so you can present information at a pace and level of complexity that people can easily understand. In this post, we will see about Components for Learning (C4L) project. 

Components for Learning is an open project aiming to provide teachers and educators with a set of visual components that fit the complex needs of learning contents. The C4L project comes with different types of components which helps you as a teacher to meet the pedagogical needs for your learning content.

As on date you can choose out of the following components:

• Contextual Components
  • Do/Don’t Cards
  • Example
  • Figure
  • Inline Tag
  • Key concept
  • Quote
  • Reading Context
  • Reminder
  • Tag
  • Tip
• Procedural Components
  • Attention
  • Due Date
  • Estimated time
  • Procedural Context
• Evaluative Components
  • Expected Feedback
  • Grading Value
• Helper Components
  • All-Purpose cards

The project comes with a Moodle Plugin for both Atto text editor as well as TinyMCE text editor. The plugin provides a set of visual components designed explicitly for Learning based on the C4L project.

You can download the Components for Learning (C4L) plugin for TinyMCE here and for Atto here. Once installed you can use it anywhere where the text editor pops up. You can simple click the C4L icon in the editor toolbar and add the required component in your text.

If you are looking to reduce your learners cognitive load then I will definitely recommend you to have a look at the Components for Learning project and the Moodle plugins. It can help you add visual components which fit the complex needs of learning contents.

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