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From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey de Courtney McAllister

From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey

Editat de Courtney McAllister, Elliott C. Rose, Sara C. Kern
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 apr 2026

Descoperim în volumul From Chaos to Order o resursă esențială pentru studenții în științele informării, bibliotecarii practicieni și cercetătorii interesați de intersecția dintre psihologia cognitivă și pedagogia informațională. Într-o epocă a supraîncărcării senzoriale, volumul editat de Courtney McAllister, Elliott C. Rose și Sara C. Kern propune o trecere necesară de la eforturile pasive de suport la acțiuni strategice, menite să protejeze capacitatea limitată a memoriei de lucru a cursanților.

Notăm cu interes modul în care această lucrare extinde cadrul teoretic propus de Accounting Education de Seedwell Tanaka Muyako Sithole. În timp ce Sithole se concentrează pe integrarea mentală a datelor specifice domeniului contabil, From Chaos to Order aplică principiile încărcării cognitive la întregul ecosistem al bibliotecii, de la designul ghidurilor de tip LibGuides până la structura sesiunilor de instruire. Subliniem continuitatea tematică în opera lui Courtney McAllister; dacă în Change Management for Library Technologists autorul analiza impactul tehnologiei asupra instituțiilor, aici investighează efectul complexității sistemelor asupra individului, punând accent pe uzabilitate și accesibilitate.

Structura cărții este riguros organizată pentru a reflecta dinamica trans-sectorială a învățării. Primele capitole explorează „embedded librarianship” și metodele de „scaffolding” (eșafodaj cognitiv), oferind soluții pentru cursuri de alfabetizare informațională destinate studenților din anul întâi. Progresia editorială ne poartă de la teoria pură la aplicații practice ale Designului Universal pentru Învățare (UDL), demonstrând cum mesaje consistente transmise prin canale variate pot reduce oboseala mentală a utilizatorului în procesul de cercetare.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781538190241
ISBN-10: 1538190249
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 44 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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Recomandăm această carte profesioniștilor din biblioteci și centre de informare care doresc să își rafineze metodele de predare și designul serviciilor. Cititorul câștigă instrumente concrete pentru a transforma bibliotecile din spații potențial copleșitoare în medii de învățare ordonate. Este un ghid practic ce demonstrează cum aplicarea Teoriei Încărcării Cognitive poate îmbunătăți retenția informației și succesul academic al utilizatorilor, indiferent de complexitatea peisajului digital actual.

Descriere

This book explores the multifaceted role cognitive load has on one's learning journey, while introducing actionable approaches and resources to help bolster success.

Multiple deadlines, competing responsibilities, an endless barrage of information, and constant stress: these situations are becoming increasingly common and intense for 21st-century learners. Even well-established needs, like finding and accessing relevant, credible information, take up more cognitive energy in this ever-changing information landscape. As pressure and complexity converge, learners are more likely to experience cognitive overload.

Cognitive load refers to the amount of information an individual is able to retain in their working memory at one time. When cognitive load is surpassed, it can be much more difficult to process, encode, and retain new information. The purpose of this book is to help professionals transform passive efforts to support learners into more purposeful actions that address cognitive overload in the context of research and information seeking.

Library practitioners may take cognitive load into consideration when creating resources like LibGuides, designing instruction sessions, or planning programming. Yet cognitive load cannot be addressed through isolated efforts; it cuts across departmental boundaries and organizational silos. To reflect the cross-sectoral dynamic of cognitive load and its impact, this book is organized around three crucial areas of one's learning journey: Instruction, Systems, and Outreach.

Each section hosts a diverse collection of instructional, system design, and outreach/programmatic ideas that are built upon Cognitive Load Theory, providing readers with actionable approaches and resources that can inform their own practices when meeting the needs of their patrons.

Whether you are a seasoned professional, new to your role, or just keen to explore the intersectionality of cognitive load throughout the learning journey, From Chaos to Order is designed to bring together useful theories, practices, and provocations for future exploration.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction

First Spoke: Cognitive Overload and Library Instruction Elliott C. Rose
Chapter 1: Reducing Cognitive Load Through Embedded Librarianship Arantes M. Armendariz and sam hidde tripp
Chapter 2: Mind the Gap: Integrating Information Literacy Instruction Without Overloading Students Caitlin Miller and Jennifer Batson
Chapter 3: Consistent Messages, Varied Channels: Using Universal Design for Learning to Reduce Cognitive Overload James Henry Smith
Chapter 4: From Cognitive Overload to Practical Engagement in First-Year Seminar Information Literacy Sessions Sarah K. Myers, Beth M. Transue, & Elizabeth Y. Kielley
Chapter 5: Conquering Cognitive Overload with Instruction Librarians, Information Literacy, and Scaffolding Michelle Shea
Chapter 6: Unloading the Brain for Student Success: Navigating Cognitive Load in a First-Year Information Literacy Course Alicia G. Vaandering and Amanda Crego-Emley
Chapter 7: Surfing the Digital Deluge: Mastering Cognitive Overload Through Critical Ignoring Karen Burton
Chapter 8: Creating an Interactive Tutorial to Teach Synthesis Strategies Mary Snyder Broussard
Chapter 9: Charting a Research Road Map for Adult Online Students in a Liberal Arts Core Class Kelly A. Clever
Chapter 10: Choose Your Own Adventure! Designing and Teaching Archival Research with Community Document Sets Jacob Gordon

Second Spoke: Cognitive Overload, Systems, and Research Tools Courtney McAllister
Chapter 11: Redesigning Library Websites for Cognitive Ease Alyssa Panetta
Chapter 12: Low-key Google: Exploring Cognitive Overload During Discovery Layer Usability Testing Natalie LoRusso
Chapter 13: Guiding students through the research process: A redesign of subject guides to support student learning Gretchen Scronce
Chapter 14: Standardizing Course LibGuides to Lighten Student Cognitive Load Sarah Grace Glover
Chapter 15: Woah... What Great Information! How do I Use It?: Reducing Cognitive Overload for Non-traditional Education Graduate Students Amy Dye-Reeves
Chapter 16: Beyond Boolean: Practical Strategies to Reduce Job Seekers' Cognitive Overload Eriberto Ramirez
Chapter 17: Active Learning Principles within Online Library Instruction as a Way to Mitigate Cognitive Overload in First-Year Undergraduate Students Caitlin Anne Smits
Chapter 18: Analyzing First-Year Library Instruction Modules Using Cognitive Load Theory: A Retrospective Maria A. Barca
Chapter 19: Cognitive Load and Instructional Videos for Advanced Database Search Techniques: A Mixed Method Study Hanwen Dong
Chapter 20: The TikTok Effect: Utilizing Short Form Video to Overcome Cognitive Overload in Librarian Led Legal Research Education B. Austin Waters

Third Spoke: Filling in the Gaps with Informal Learning, Outreach, and Partnerships Sara C. Kern
Chapter 21: Effective Outreach to Science and Engineering Students through a Cognitive Load Lens Denise A. Wetzel
Chapter 22: Turbulent Flows: Surviving Cognitive Overload in Information Literacy for Engineering Design Kate Mercer, Kari D. Weaver, and Jennifer Howcroft
Chapter 23: Drawing Them In: Using an LGBTQIA+ Zine-Making Workshop to Address Cognitive Load Elizabeth Meinke, Halle Novotney, Emily Rich, and Erin Sweeney Smith
Chapter 24: Engaging the Senses and Promoting Wellness: Empathic and Inclusive Library Connections to Alleviate Cognitive Load Sabine Jean Dantus, Gricel Dominguez, and April Lafferty
Chapter 25: Schema Acquisition during a Law Library Tour using Scaffolding, Chunking, and Choice Tracey McCormick
Chapter 26: Peer Tutoring in Student Research: Best Practices for Reducing Cognitive Load Monica Gingerich
Chapter 27: A New Approach: Redesigning Outreach to Lessen Cognitive Load for Students and Colleagues Sheli Pratt-McHugh
Chapter 28: Librarian as Event Planner: Cognitive Overload in Outreach Librarians Laurie Borchard

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About the Editors
About the Authors
Index

Recenzii

Throughout From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey authors contribute new insights that demonstrate how to reduce cognitive load to benefit learners. This book thoughtfully balances practical examples with core theories to share effective strategies that will positively impact the day-to-day work of library practitioners.