This article presents the principles of Richard Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and how to apply them when designing multimedia learning.
Metacognition And Learning: Strategies For Instructional Design
Metacognition strategies are techniques that help people become more successful learners. Shouldn’t this be a crucial goal of instructional design?
Watch Out For Those Seductive Details
A seductive detail is highly interesting to the audience members, but not directly relevant to the instructional goal. How does this impact learning?
Three Brainy Books Reviewed
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Three books that provide fascinating insights about intelligence and cognition. You can apply the principles to learning and the brain.
10 Relevant Facts About the Brain
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Here are a few facts about the brain that can improve your online learning courses.
Six Strategies You May Not Be Using To Reduce Cognitive Load
In a complex world, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by a deluge of complex information. This shouldn’t be surprising, as working memory (our mental work space), has a limited capacity for processing information.
Self-Directed Learning: Empowerment In The Workplace
Self-directed learning is one way to reduce the effort and cost of building training. It also has long-term benefits to employees and organizations.
Improve Workplace Learning With A Dose Of Reality
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In positive learning transfer, what a person learns in one situation enhances his or her performance in another situation. Real-world learning does this.
10 Definitions of Learning
If you are searching for a definition of learning, these ten descriptions show the multitude of ways that learning can be described.
10 Things You Should Know About Attention
Importance of Attention in Learning
Attention is a limited resource. The better we understand attention, the greater is our ability to support learning.
Interactive Learning: The Power of Embodied Cognition
Why is interactive learning more effective than passive learning? Researchers think embodied cognition is one explanation.