Integration of Technological and Pedagogical Knowledge: Need to Contemplate on the Cognitive Load of the Students

Nowadays, the education system at global level is embracing all those new innovations and technologies that can help the students to learn better. It is need of the hour to develop and apply new methods and technologies that can facilitate learning more effectively than conventional teaching methods. As technology facilitates the use of multiple senses, it reduces the efforts of an individual to understand the learning material and also enhances the retention ability. From the last few years, the development and use of E-content is emphasized more due to its positive effects on the academic achievement, engagement and motivation of the students. There are always some ways and directions to make maximum utilization of such technologies and E-contents and when we neglect those directions, it results in negative effects instead of helping the students. For instance, the use of such technologies and E-contents that are not developed or used according to some principles or guidelines such as linking of instructional matter with the previous knowledge of students, presenting the information in small segments or frames will definitely effect the intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load of students which in further, can harm the academic achievement and other psychological factors of the students to a greater extent. Therefore, this article will focus on Cognitive Load of students and some principles or guidelines which should be taken into consideration while developing or using the technologies or E-content in the class so that the cognitive load of the students can be minimized and achievement can be maximized.