Cognitive Load Theory Conference
Wollongong Australia
University of Wollongong
29 February – 2 March 2008

Program

Cognitive Load Theory 2008 Conference Program

Theme 1: New Directions in Cognitive Load Theory (starting at 9:40am)

9:40 am The Cutting Edge of Cognitive Load Research Lies Across the Boundaries of Disciplines
Fred Paas, Tamara van Gog, Femke Kirschner, Nadine Marcus, Paul Ayres and John Sweller

10:20 am Cognitive Bases of Human Creativity
John Sweller

11:00 – 11:20am Morning Tea

11:20am Putting the ‘x’ back into goal-free problems: a brainstorming approach
Carina Schubert, Paul Ayres, Katharina Scheiter and John Sweller

12:00pm Toward a Synthesis between Cognitive Load Theory and Self Directed Learning
Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer 

Theme 2 : Cognition and Animation (starting at 12:40pm)

 12:40pm Spatial Ability and Metacognitive Skill as Cognitive Load:
The Difference of Sex in Hypermedia Learning
Shauna Neva and Neil H. Schwartz

1:20 – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm Some conditions for which Instructional Animations are Superior to Equivalent Static Representations: Learning Hand Manipulative Tasks
Nadine Marcus, Paul Ayres, Christopher Chan and Nixon Qian

2:40pm Cognitive Load Theory and Economics-
A comparison of animated and static instructional strategies
Amina Youssef and Paul Ayres

3:20pm Distributing and Managing Cognitive Load with Slowmation: Learner-generated Animations of Science Concepts
Garry Hoban


4:00 – 4:20pm Afternoon Tea

4:20pm Multimedia Design: Where is the balance between Effectiveness and Learners’ Preferences
Huei-min Wu, Ruei-yuan Wu and Shi-chii Tzeng

5:00pm Making PowerPoint More Effective: A Test on Trigger-based Animation
Mingjang Chen, Huei-min Wu and Ning-chun Tan 

Saturday 1/3/08

Theme 3: Research into Measures of Working Memory Capacity and Cognitive Load (Starting at 9:00am)

9:00am The Effects of Working Memory Capacity on Cognitive Load
Mei-chi Chen   Yi-Hsing Hsieh  Yu-Chun Chen, and Mei-mei Sung

9:40am Automatic Cognitive Load Detection System
Based on Speech Features
Fang Che, Bo Yin, Christine Owen, and Greg Hickey

10:20am Measuring Group Cognitive Load
Femke Kirschner, Fred Paas, and Paul A. Kirschner

11:00am 11:20am Morning Tea

Theme 4: Research into Cognitive Processes (starting at 11:20am)

11:20am Using Functional Brain Imaging Techniques to Investigate Cognition
Barney Dalgarno, Gregor Kennedy, and Sue Bennett

12:00 pm Uncovering Cognitive Processes: Concurrent Reporting vs. Cued Retrospective Reporting based on Records of Eye-Movements
Tamara van Gog, Saskia Brand-Gruwel, Ludo van Meeuwen, and Fred Paas

12:40pm Distractibility and Classroom Learning: Is There a Relationship Between Inhibition and Mental Effort? part1 part2
Tony Yeigh

1:20pm- 2:00pm Lunch

Symposium : Expertise Reversal Effect and its Implications for Learner-Adapted Instruction (starting at 2pm)

3:20pm Worked-out Steps in an Intelligent Tutoring Program: The Effects of Adaptive Fading
Alexander Renkl, Rolf Schwonke, Vincent Aleven, and Ron Salden

4:00 – 4:20pm Afternoon Tea

4:20pm How do I do?  Investigating Expertise Differences in Self-Assessment
Danny Kostons, Tamara van Gog, and Fred Paas

5:00pm Expertise Reversal Effect: Recent Developments and Implications.
Slava Kalyuga 

Sunday 2/3/08

Theme 5: Optimising Example Based Instruction (starting at 9:00am)

9:00am Do Worked Examples and Fading Methods Promote Students’ Problem Solving in Ill-Defined Domains?
Roxana Moreno

9:40am Group Work Settings: Worked Example vs. Problem Solving part1 part2
Endah Retnowati, John Sweller, and Paul Ayres

10:20am Cognitive Load Theory Applied to Spreadsheet Modelling Practice for Accountancy Students
Paul Blayney

11:00am 11:20am Morning Tea

Theme 6; Challenges Issues for Cognitive Load Theory (starting at 11:20am)

11:20am Making Science Teaching more Efficient: Applying Cognitive Load Theory to the Teaching of Science.
Brian Ferry

12:00pm Intrinsic and Germane Load: Impact on Schema Development and Problem Solving in Fractions and Geometry
Mohan Chinnappan

12:40pm Examining the Evidence for the Main Assumptions Underpinning Cognitive Load Theory
Paul Ayres and Jose Hanham

1:20pm- 1:40pm Lunch  (Working Lunch)

Theme 7: New Directions for the Application of Cognitive Load Theory (starting at 1:40pm)

1:40pm Expertise Reversal Effects in Writing-to-Learn
Matthias Nückles, Sandra Hübner, Sandra Dümer and Alexander Renkl

2:20pm Applying Cognitive Load Theory to Acquisition of a Dynamic Decision Making Skill
Christian Frederiksen, E. James Kehoe, Robert Wood, and Hakan Yasarcan

3:00pm Strategies Used by Humans to Reduce Their Own Cognitive Load
André Tricot, John Sweller, Franck Amadieu, Lucile Chanquoy and Claudette Mariné

3:40pm  Expertise Reversal Effect in Explanatory Notes for Readers of Shakespearean Text
Annishka Oksa and Paul Chandler

4:10pm Effectiveness of Different Written Presentation Formats in Learning Chinese as a Second Language
Chee Ha Lee

4:40pm A Cognitive Load Theory Analysis of Illustrations for Beginning Readers
Susannah Torcasio

Designing Interfaces that Help Students Think - part 1 part 2 part 3
Sharon Oviatt