In comparison to forms of digital communication available to the general public before sales of tablet computers in 2010, the degree of user-medium interactivity has increased. Yet, questions remain about the extent to which these forms of interaction affect the user, especially questions regarding the nature of the link between communication technologies and potential changes to a user’s “cognitive structure.” Given the broad, rapid adoption of tablet computers in education, it is increasingly important to question how this technology interacts with and affects cognitive structure. This leads to the primary motivation of the present study: to explore the relationship between a user’s engagement with tablet computers and that user’s cognitive load.