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E-learning and the science of instruction : proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning
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The authors offer useful information and guidelines for selecting, designing, and developing asynchronous and synchronous e-Learning courses that build knowledge and skills for workers learning in ...
The authors offer useful information and guidelines for selecting, designing, and developing asynchronous and synchronous e-Learning courses that build knowledge and skills for workers learning in corporate, government, and academic settings.
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- Creator
- Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard E. Mayer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- 2nd ed
- San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 0787986836, 0787997811, 1281002771, 9786611002770, 9780787986834
- OCLC
- ocn174060001, ocn614432103, ocn122291827
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-426) and index.
- E-learning: promise and pitfalls -- How do people learn from e-courses -- Applying the multimedia principle: use words and graphics rather than words alone -- Applying the contiguity principle: align words to corresponding graphics -- Applying the modality principle: present words as audio narration, rather than on-screen text -- Applying the redundancy principle: explain visuals with words in audio or text: not both -- Applying the coherence principle: adding interesting material can hurt learning -- Applying the personalization principle: use conversational style and virtual coaches -- Applying the segmenting and pretraining principles: managing complexity by breaking a lesson into parts -- Leveraging examples in e-learning -- Does practice make perfect? -- Learning together virtually -- Who's in control? Guidelines for e-learning navigation -- E-learning to build thinking skills -- Simulations and games in e-learning -- Applying the guidelines
Subjects
- Business education -- Computer-assisted instruction.
- Education, Distance.
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- Computer-Assisted Instruction.
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