Managing Cognitive Load in Adaptive Multimedia Learning - Hardcover

Kalyuga, Slava

 
9781605660486: Managing Cognitive Load in Adaptive Multimedia Learning
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1605660485 ISBN 13: 9781605660486
Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2008

Synopsis

Research in multimedia and computer-based learning has entered a new phase with a focus on adapting instruction to characteristics of individual learners. Managing Cognitive Load in Adaptive Multimedia Learning provides theory- and research-based recommendations on information presentation techniques for multimedia and e-learning environments. Focusing on extensively researched principles and methodologies, this book offers readers comprehensive research and practical implications in the subject while providing concrete examples on adaptive multimedia learning.

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About the Author

Dr. Kalyugazzz is Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia where he has worked since 1995. He received a Ph.D. in Education from UNSW in 1998. His research interests are in cognitive processes and evidence-based instructional design principles for multimedia learning environments. His specific contributions include detailed experimental studies of the role of learner prior knowledge in multimedia learning (the expertise reversal effect); the redundancy effect in multimedia learning; the development of rapid online diagnostic assessment methods; and studies of the effectiveness of different adaptive procedures for tailoring instruction to levels of learner expertise. He was awarded an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2001-2003). He is the author of the book Instructing and Testing Advanced Learners: A Cognitive Load Approach (2006) and 35 research articles and chapters. During his previous work in Russia (until 1991), he published more than 30 articles and several books and textbooks.

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Publisher
Information Science Reference
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1605660485
ISBN 13 
9781605660486
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
311