@article{804984,
      recid = {804984},
      author = {Clark, Ruth Colvin, and Mayer, Richard E.,},
      title = {E-learning and the science of instruction : proven  guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia  learning /},
      pages = {1 online resource (519 pages)},
      note = {Revised edition of the authors' E-learning and the science  of instruction, 2011.},
      abstract = {"The essential e-learning design manual, updated with the  latest research, design principles, and examples e-Learning  and the Science of Instruction is the ultimate handbook for  evidence-based e-learning design. Since the first edition  of this book, e-learning has grown to account for at least  40% of all training delivery media. However, digital  courses often fail to reach their potential for learning  effectiveness and efficiency. This guide provides  research-based guidelines on how best to present content  with text, graphics, and audio as well as the conditions  under which those guidelines are most effective. This  updated fourth edition describes the guidelines,  psychology, and applications for ways to improve learning  through personalization techniques, coherence, animations,  and a new chapter on evidence-based game design. The  chapter on the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning  introduces three forms of cognitive load which are  revisited throughout each chapter as the psychological  basis for chapter principles. A new chapter on engagement  in learning lays the groundwork for in-depth reviews of how  to leverage worked examples, practice, online  collaboration, and learner control to optimize learning.  The updated instructor's materials include a syllabus,  assignments, storyboard projects, and test items that you  can adapt to your own course schedule and students.  Co-authored by the most productive instructional research  scientist in the world, Dr. Richard E Mayer, this book  distills copious e-learning research into a practical  manual for improving learning through optimal design and  delivery. Get up to date on the latest e-learning research  Adopt best practices for communicating information  effectively Use evidence-based techniques to engage your  learners Replace popular instructional ideas, such as  learning styles with evidence-based guidelines Apply  evidence-based design techniques to optimize learning games  e-Learning continues to grow as an alternative or adjunct  to the classroom, and correspondingly, has become a focus  among researchers in learning-related fields. New findings  from research laboratories can inform the design and  development of e-learning. However, much of this research  published in technical journals is inaccessible to those  who actually design e-learning material. By collecting the  latest evidence into a single volume and translating the  theoretical into the practical, e-Learning and the Science  of Instruction has become an essential resource for  consumers and designers of multimedia learning"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/804984},
}