EFG - 03

Unifying Cognitive Load and Self-Regulated Learning Research: Monitoring and Regulation of Effort (MRE)

This EFG was led by Anique de Bruin, Alexander Renkl and Jeroen van Merriënboer, and concluded in 2022.

ABOUT

Although learning in the 21st century is highly similar to learning in previous eras, it differs greatly in learners’ access to information and to digital services and devices. This transition evokes novel research questions, in particular related to how learners know when to invest and when to discontinue effort when information is abundant. As we argued in the recent Special Issue in Learning and Instruction (De Bruin & Van Merriënboer, 2017), this topic elates to matters of cognitive load and to matters of self-regulated learning. The aims of the Monitoring and Regulation of Effort (MRE) EFG are:

  1. To map the opportunities, challenges, and scope of a joint CLT-SRL research agenda, with a particular focus on monitoring and regulating effort.
  2. To design a joint MRE research paradigm
  3. To conduct, share, and discuss pilot research on the MRE research paradigm

Team Members

Anique de Bruin

EFG Facilitator

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Alexander Renkl

EFG Facilitator

University of Freiburg, Germany

Jeroen van Merriënboer

EFG Facilitator

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Rakefet Ackerman

Team Member

Technion University, Israel

Shirley Agostinho

Team Member

University of Wollongong, Australia

Martine Baars

Team Member

Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Felicitas Biwer

Team Member

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Tino Endres

Team Member

University of Freiburg, Germany

Luotong Hu

Team Member

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Eva Janssen

Team Member

Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Fred Paas

Team Member

Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands / University of Wollongong, Australia

Ernesto Panadero

Team Member

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Andrey Podolskiy

Team Member

National Research University, Russia

Juliane Richter

Team Member

Leibniz Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany

Julian Roelle

Task Member

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Javier Fernandez Ruiz

Team Member

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Darya Savel’eva

Team Member

National Research University, Russia

Katharina Scheiter

Team Member

Leibniz Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany

Stoo Sepp

Team Member

University of Wollongong, Australia

Yael Sidi

Team Member

Technion University, Israel

Ferdinand Stebner

Team Member

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Tamara van Gog

Team Member

Utrecht University, The Netherlands / Leibniz Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany

Julia Waldeyer

Team Member

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany