These are my Jumptags for May 4th through May 5th: 9 Free Tools That Help Me Build Better E-Learning – Tom shares some of the free tools that he uses regularly to help him be more productive. Usability Testing With 5 Users (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) – Elaborate usability tests are a waste of resources. The best results come from testing [...]

Wikipedia defines cognitive load as “the load on working memory during instruction.” I usually refer to it this way: If your working memory is a bucket, then it can only hold so much stuff. So, filling up your bucket with unnecessary or unimportant stuff, leave less space for the critical stuff and the processing space necessary to work on it.

These are my Jumptags for April 30th through May 1st: Here’s Why PowerPoint 2007 Helps You Build Better E-Learning – Contemporary Teaching Skills Checklist – Tom March consider contemporary or 21st century skills for teachers. Contemporary Teaching Skills Checklist – Tom March consider contemporary or 21st century skills for teachers. Looking to the future of education: learning spaces and mobile [...]