Reasons why videos are a good idea as both a teaching strategy and an assignment idea.

1. Reduce
Cognitive
Load

2. Narration
/ lecture
Text/
reading
Images/
animation

3. Cognitive Overload
• The term cognitive load is used in cognitive
psychology to illustrate the load related to the
executive control of working memory (WM).
Theories contend that during complex learning
activities the amount of information and
interactions that must be processed
simultaneously can either under-load, or
overload the finite amount of working memory
one possesses. All elements must be processed
before meaningful learning can continue.

4. Support
Multimodal
Learning

5. Appeal to multiple
learning
preferences.
Increase learner
engagement.

6. Help students
understand
complex
information

7. Authentic
Learning
Experience

8. Develop
Digital
Literacies

9. Strengthen multiple
“Core Literacies”
written and oral communication
information literacy
creative thinking
inquiry and analysis
critical thinking and problem solving
digital literacy
etc.