e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning

Ruth C. Clark, Richard E. Mayer

John Wiley & Sons, Jan 20, 2011 - Business & Economics - 496 pages

In this thoroughly revised edition of the bestselling e-Learning and the Science of Instruction authors Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer— internationally-recognized experts in the field of e-learning—offer essential 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. In addition to updating research in all chapters, two new chapters and a CD with multimedia examples are included.

Contents

• I: 1
• II: 7
• III: 31
• IV: 53
• V: 77
• VI: 99
• VII: 117
• VIII: 133
• IX: 157
• X: 183
• XI: 201
• XII: 231
• XIII: 257
• XIV: 289
• XV: 317
• XVI: 345
• XVII: 381

About the author

Ruth Colvin Clark has worked for more than twenty-five years with instructional professionals assigned to design, develop, and select effective training for classroom or computer delivery. She is widely published in the areas of training, development, and performance improvement.

Richard E. Mayer is professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an internationally-recognized expert in the application of learning psychology to design of instruction in multimedia learning environments and the author of Multimedia Learning and is the editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning.

Bibliographic information

• Title: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning; Wiley Desktop Editions
• Authors: Ruth C. Clark, Richard E. Mayer
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 1118047265, 9781118047262
• Length: 496 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management