Guided Attention
Knowledge Refinement
Principle in Action
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that uses visual and auditory cues to guide learners' attention. For example, when a question is presented, the correct answer is highlighted in color, and the timer countdown creates urgency. These cues help students focus on the important aspects of the question and the choices available, ensuring they know where to direct their attention during gameplay.
Kahoot!
Select answers within a countdown timer
Receive visual confirmation for correct answers
Select answers within a countdown timer
Discuss in your team
Ideally, what would you like the learners to do?
Are there any parts of the learning experiences that contain many visual elements?
What are the most important components that learners need to attend to in your product?
How can you emphasize them more?
Principle Definition
Provide explicit indicators to help learners anticipate where they should focus their attention. When there are many elements on the screen, the cognitive load of learning might be high if learners don’t know where to pay attention to. Visual cues, like outlining, can help reduce this cognitive load. It is also a good way to help ensure your learners do what you want them to do of their own free will.
Guided Attention
Knowledge Refinement
Principle Definition
Provide explicit indicators to help learners anticipate where they should focus their attention. When there are many elements on the screen, the cognitive load of learning might be high if learners don’t know where to pay attention to. Visual cues, like outlining, can help reduce this cognitive load. It is also a good way to help ensure your learners do what you want them to do of their own free will.
Principle in Action
Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that uses visual and auditory cues to guide learners' attention. For example, when a question is presented, the correct answer is highlighted in color, and the timer countdown creates urgency. These cues help students focus on the important aspects of the question and the choices available, ensuring they know where to direct their attention during gameplay.
Select answers within a countdown timer
Receive visual confirmation for correct answers
Discuss in your team
Ideally, what would you like the learners to do?
Are there any parts of the learning experiences that contain many visual elements?
What are the most important components that learners need to attend to in your product?
How can you emphasize them more?
