I think, therefore, I know what I know; I offload, therefore, I raise the potential of knowing more (or less)

Take Aways

The distinction between cognitive and cogitative offloading offers a framework for refining our evolving relationship with technology. While cognitive offloading addresses epistemic realities, the storage and retrieval of information, cogitative offloading concerns the metacognitive delegation of active thinking processes themselves. Thi... See more

I propose that educators need to distinguish between cognitive offloading—the externalization of information storage and retrieval—and what I call cogitative offloading—the delegation of active thinking processes to external agents. This distinction isn't academic; it's essential for understanding which aspects of thinking we should preserve intern... See more