This paper reviews 12 research‐based principles for how to design computer‐based
multimedia instructional materials to promote academic learning, starting with the …

Cognitive load is a theoretical notion with an increasingly central role in the educational
research literature. The basic idea of cognitive load theory is that cognitive capacity in …

Problem-based video podcasts provide short, web-based, audio-visual explanations of how
to solve specific procedural problems in subject areas such as mathematics or science. A …

When a concise multimedia lesson containing complicated material is presented at a fast
rate, the result can be a form of cognitive overload called essential overload. Essential …

This article revisits measure of instructional efficiency, which can be applied by educational
researchers to compare the effects of different instructional conditions on learning. This …

Es wird ein Lehr-Lern-Konzept vorgestellt, das die vorhandenen Phaenomene im Bereich
Lehren und Lernen erklaert, und es wird gezeigt, wie man die Lehr-Lern-Prozesse …

Background Educational computer games are examples of computer-assisted learning
objects, representing an educational strategy of growing interest. Given the changes in the …

This paper draws on results from a recent research programme on the impact of fine
sediment transport through catchments to present a case for the development of new …

In computer-assisted instruction, primary causes for the main problems are student's feeling
lonely and lack of social learning environment. Pedagogical agents, which could enable …

In this chapter we synthesize the pedagogical agent literature published during 2005–2011.
During these years, researchers have claimed that pedagogical agents serve a variety of …