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

In 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 e-learning courses that build knowledge and skills for workers learning in corporate, government, and academic settings.

Ruth Colvin Clark has worked for more than twenty years with managers 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. Her most recent book, Building Expertise, was awarded Outstanding Instructional Communication from ISPI.

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.