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Are you familiar with Richard Mayer’s 15 Multimedia Principles? We share suggested guidelines based on each one!
Are you familiar with Richard Mayer’s 15 Multimedia Principles? We share suggested guidelines based on each one!
Are you familiar with Richard Mayer’s 15 Multimedia Principles? We share suggested guidelines based on each one!
Have you ever been indecisive about the kind of activity learners should be doing when they are learning new content ? This week at elearningdesigners.org, we present Mayer’s fifteenth principle, the generative activity principle, and how it can be applied in a learning space.
Have you heard of the Immersion Principle? elearningdesigners.org presents Richard Mayer’s 14th Multimedia Principle: the Immersion Principle.
Richard Mayer’s Thirteenth Multimedia Principle – elearningdesigners.org
Richard Mayer’s Thirteenth Multimedia Principle Learn about Richard Mayer’s thirteenth multimedia principle, the Embodiment Principle, in this poster created by Georgette El-Darazi!
On May 11th, 2022, we hosted our first live panel event featuring new instructional designers! These are folks who are early in their careers. You can watch the recording on YouTube. A talented audience member, Melanie Knight, took notes and turned it into an infographic!… Read More »New Instructional Designers Panel Infographic
Richard Mayer’s Tenth Multimedia Principle – elearningdesigners.org
Richard Mayer’s Tenth Multimedia Principle Learn about Richard Mayer’s tenth multimedia principle, the Personalization Principle, in this poster created by Dana Chung!
Richard Mayer’s Ninth Multimedia Principle Learn about Richard Mayer’s ninth multimedia principle in this poster created by Georgette El-Darazi! Feel free to download the instructional design poster and share it with your networks! Richard Mayer’s ninth principle says that “people learn better from words and… Read More »Richard Mayer’s Ninth Multimedia Principle
Richard Mayer’s Eighth Multimedia Principle Learn about Richard Mayer’s eighth multimedia principle, the Modality Principle, in this poster created by Dana Chung! The Modality Principle says: “People learn more deeply from pictures and spoken words than from pictures and printed words.” Example: Producing an animated… Read More »Richard Mayer’s Eighth Multimedia Principle
Richard Mayer’s Seventh Multimedia Principle Learn about Richard Mayer’s seventh multimedia principle, the Pre-Training Principle, in this poster created by Georgette El-Darazi! The Pre-Training Principle says: “People learn better from a multimedia lesson when they know the names and characteristics of the main concepts.” For… Read More »Richard Mayer’s Seventh Multimedia Principle
How to Get Instructional Design Experience to Build Your Portfolio by Kayleen Holt You need instructional design experience to get hired, but how do you get experience if you can’t get a job? In this post, I’ll share four ways to get work samples for… Read More »How to Get Instructional Design Experience to Build Your Portfolio
How to Become an Instructional Designer: The Ultimate Resource List by Kayleen Holt The following content and resources for how to become an instructional designer were written and curated by Kayleen Holt. Introduction Learning and development careers are booming. As more instructional designers enter the… Read More »How to Become an Instructional Designer: The Ultimate Resource List
Created by Georgette El-Darazi Learn about Richard Mayer’s fifth multimedia principle in this poster! Feel free to share with your networks. Download as a PNG or PDF.
Created by Melanie McCullough Learn about Richard Mayer’s fourth multimedia principle in this poster! Feel free to share with your networks. Download as a PNG or PDF.
Created by Dana Chung Learn about Richard Mayer’s third multimedia principle in this poster! Feel free to share with your networks. Read more about the principle in this study. Download as a PNG or PDF.
A review of Ruth Clark and Richard Mayer’s book E-learning and the Science of Instruction (3rd edition) by Murat Ataizi and Aras Bozkurt Abstract This book is authored by Ruth C. Clark and Richard E. Mayer. The 3rd edition of the book was published in… Read More »Book Review: E-Learning and the Science of Instruction
Summary This article explores the use of Gagne’s 9 events of instruction as an attempt to increase learner engagement and attendance for large classes of nursing students. This study looks at student evaluations of their teachers and final grades over a 3-semester period. The article… Read More »Using Gagne’s 9 events of instruction to enhance student performance and course evaluations in Undergraduate Nursing Course
An elearning design manual, written by Richard Mayer and Ruth Clark The book discusses how to: 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… Read More »e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning
Created by Dana Chung Learn about Richard Mayer’s second multimedia principle in this poster! Feel free to share with your networks. Read more about the principle in this study. Download as a PNG or PDF.
Created by Dana Chung Learn about Richard Mayer’s first multimedia principle in this poster! Feel free to share with your networks. Read more about the coherence principle in this 2000 article. Download as a PNG or PDF.
In spite of the wealth of training resources readily available online, finding quality materials that are perfectly suited to the needs of your learners may be difficult. In fact, the best solution may be to create your own instructional materials! However, how can you design instructional materials that are specific and effective?
By Billy Wilson During a recent interview [1], Elon Musk outlined his basic engineering process. The first step is: Make your requirements less dumb. Your requirements are definitely dumb. It does not matter who gave them to you. It is particularly dangerous if a smart… Read More »Learner Stories for Subject Matter Experts
How can you keep your learners motivated? John M. Keller proposed his ARCS Model of Motivation to explain factors that affect learner motivation.
Download the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Infographic as a PNG or PDF. Read our accompanying article on Bloom’s Taxonomy!
What is self-efficacy? Self-efficacy is the belief in yourself to achieve something. In learning, it is important for students to feel like they are capable of learning the material. In the late 1970s, Albert Bandura proposed that there are four sources of self-efficacy and four… Read More »Self-efficacy
For instructional designers, the learner is our user. We have heard so much about user-centered design in the world of product design, but how does it apply to learning design? In this article, we provide a summary of a chapter on the user-centered design from Learner… Read More »What guides a user-centered design?
Gamification in learning has become a heated topic in the learning technology world because we all want our learners to be as motivated to learn as they are motivated to play games. However, is any “game” or “game feature” effective for learning? What principles do… Read More »How do you design gamification in learning?
Donald Kirkpatrick’s model tackles how to approach the evaluation of training, typically in a corporate setting. The model was created in the 1950s and has since been updated with some small additions. The following diagram displays both the original and New World Kirkpatrick Model components… Read More »Kirkpatrick Model / The New World Kirkpatrick Model
In our article on retrieval practice, we talked about the importance of constantly prompting learners to extract information from their memory, but how often and when should we use retrieval practice? In this article, we introduce two more approaches to boost retrieval practice: spaced and… Read More »Spacing and Interleaving
“When we think about learning, we typically focus on getting information into students’ heads. What if, instead, we focus on getting information out of students’ heads?” — Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning What does it mean? According to Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like… Read More »Retrieval Practice
Dr. Phil Winne presents “Learning Analytics for Self-Regulated Learning: Frameworks, Methods & Future Work” (moderated by Dr. Jason Chen and Dr. David Morris). Webinar hosted by APA Division 15 on September 30, 2020. Download Dr. Phil Winne’s slides. Summary: This is a scholarly presentation that… Read More »Learning Analytics for Self-Regulated Learning: Frameworks, Methods & Future Work
Designing a remote professional development course to support teacher customization in science. Summary: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, school instruction had to be conducted online and so did professional development courses for school teachers. This article reports on the design, implementation, and impact of a… Read More »Designing a remote professional development course to support teacher customization in science.
A course created by Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski for students and life-long learners alike. The course covers concepts such as focused versus diffused thinking, learning in chunks, retrieval practice, and motivational strategies. It provides useful metaphors to help learners optimize study skills for better… Read More »Learning How to Learn