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

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

by Richard E. Mayer, Ruth Colvin Clark

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.

Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement

Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement

by John Hattie

This unique and ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years research and synthesises over 800 meta-analyses on the influences on achievement in school-aged students. It builds a story about the power of teachers, feedback, and a model of learning and understanding. The research involves many millions of students and represents the largest ever evidence based research into what actually works in schools to... (more)

Understanding by Design (2nd Edition) (Merrill Education/ASCD College Textbook)

Understanding by Design (2nd Edition) (Merrill Education/ASCD College Textbook)

by Grant P. Wiggins

The highly anticipated second edition of Understanding by Design poses the core, essential questions of understanding and design, and provides readers with practical solutions for the teacher-designer. The book opens by analyzing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, this approach brings more focus and coherence to instruction. The... (more)

Systematic Design of Instruction, The (6th Edition)

Systematic Design of Instruction, The (6th Edition)

by Lou Carey, Walter Dick

Often described as the Bible of the instructional design field. Covers the fundamentals of instructional design and helps the reader learn the concepts and procedures for designing, developing, and formatively evaluating instruction. Paper. DLC: Instructional systems.

Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Vol. 2 (Instructional Design Theories & Models)

Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Vol. 2 (Instructional Design Theories & Models)

This second edition focuses on the new generations of instructional theories and models. The theme of this volume is diversity, it includes the role of values and different kinds of learning, and how they influence instructional theory and design.

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning

by Richard E. Mayer

During the past 10 years, the field of multimedia learning has emerged as a coherent discipline with an accumulated research base that has never been synthesized and organized. This reference constitutes an original work devoted to comprehensive coverage of research and theory in the field of multimedia learning. It focuses on how people learn from words and pictures in computer-based environments. Multimedia... (more)

e-Learning by Design

by William K. Horton

From William Horton -- a world renowned expert with more than thirty-five years of hands-on experience creating networked-based educational systems -- comes the next-step resource for e-learning training professionals. Like his best-selling book Designing Web-Based Training , this book is a comprehensive resource that provides practical guidance for making the thousand and one decisions needed to design effective... (more)

Michael Allen's Guide to E-Learning

by Michael W. Allen

As an international speaker and consultant to virtually every business sector over his more than thirty-five years of research and development in technology-based instruction, Michael Allen now speaks out about his frustrations with e-learning and brings fundamental issues to light. He shares specific, commonsense guidelines that reliably produce effective and practical learning solutions. From his pioneering work... (more)

Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting

Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting

by Michael W. Allen

This is the second volume of six in Michael Allen’s e-Learning Library—a comprehensive collection of proven techniques for creating e-learning applications that achieve targeted behavioral outcomes through meaningful, memorable, and motivational learning experiences. This book examines common instructional design practices with a critical eye and recommends substituting success rather than tradition as a guide.... (more)

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

by Tony Bates

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education draws on current research and best practice to show how to integrate technology into teaching in higher education. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical and pedagogical foundation for helping instructors make critical decisions about the use of technology within the college curriculum. This practical and much needed resource discusses the... (more)

AMA Handbook of E-Learning, The: Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions

AMA Handbook of E-Learning, The: Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions

This authoritative sourcebook is a timely decision-making tool for companies making the transition to (or already using) e-learning. Featuring all-original contributions from high-profile practitioners and renowned theorists, the book reveals how top companies are implementing and using this crucial employee development tool. Topics include: * analyzing organizational need * selling e-learning to the... (more)

Telling Ain't Training

by Harold D. Stolovitch

This book is an entertaining and practical guide for every trainer and performance improvement professional as it tackles the three universal and persistent questions of the profession--how do learners learn, why do learners learn, and how do you ensure that learning sticks. This interactive book with it fun and breezy style illustrate the authors' point of view that learning should be active and enjoyable.... (more)

The E-Learning Fieldbook : Implementation Lessons and Case Studies from Companies that are Making E-Learning Work

The E-Learning Fieldbook : Implementation Lessons and Case Studies from Companies that are Making E-Learning Work

by Nick Van Dam

The E-Learning Fieldbook teaches the expensive lessons learned by leading companies as they have implemented E-learning. Based on 25 case studies of best practices in e-Learning implementation from: Home Depot, Deloitte, JP Morgan, McDonald's, Unilever, Wachovia, BMW, INSEAD, and more, this indispensable guide helps readers: Use E-learning to support their organization's business goals Avoid costly... (more)

Leading for Learning: How to Transform Schools into Learning Organizations

Leading for Learning: How to Transform Schools into Learning Organizations

by Phillip C. Schlechty

Written by acclaimed school reform advocate Phillip C. Schlechty, Leading for Learning offers educators the framework, tools, and processes they need to transform their schools from bureaucracies into dynamic learning organizations. Schlechty explains how to move beyond some of the deeply ingrained and negative conceptions of schooling that guide so much of their practice. He shows educators how they can take... (more)

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 115 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 115 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler

Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work—until now. Universal Principles of Design,... (more)

ISD From the Ground Up (2nd Ed): A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design

ISD From the Ground Up (2nd Ed): A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design

by Chuck Hodell

Instructional design is a system that is dynamic enough to work with any set of variables regardless of the particulars. This book provides both novice and experienced instructional designers a series of tools to reference as they practice their profession. Accompanying digital materials are available (via download).

Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

by L. Dee Fink

Dee Fink poses a fundamental question for all teachers: "How can I create courses that will provide significant learning experiences for my students?" In the process of addressing this question, he urges teachers to shift from a content-centered approach to a learning-centered approach that asks "What kinds of learning will be significant for students, and how can I create a course that will result in that kind of... (more)

E-learning Strategies: How to Get Implementation and Delivery Right First Time

E-learning Strategies: How to Get Implementation and Delivery Right First Time

by Don Morrison

"… e-learning has just moved from something that was an experiment-a very healthy experiment three or four years ago-to main line. I think we're at the very early stages of really understanding the power it has. It's no longer a question of whether it will be effective or how much it can increase productivity; it's just a question of degree." John Chambers CEO, Cisco Systems "For those who view the training... (more)

Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools (3rd Edition)

Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools (3rd Edition)

by Candy Beal, Peter H. Martorella

In the tradition of social studies innovator Peter Martorella, this readable, accessible text offers prospective teachers a comprehensive introduction to teaching social studies to middle and secondary school students. With the purpose of social studies being the development of reflective, competent, concerned citizens, the text first examines the origins and evolution of social studies and citizenship education... (more)

Bottom-Line Training: How to Design and Implement Successful Programs That Boost Profits (Improving Human Performance Series) (Improving Human Performance Series)

Bottom-Line Training: How to Design and Implement Successful Programs That Boost Profits (Improving Human Performance Series) (Improving Human Performance Series)

by Donald J. Ford

Bottom-line Training gives you the know-how to produce bottom-line performance results with your training and development programs. The book will provide3 you with the tools to train employees thoroughly and effectively so they can significantly contribute to your company's success. Today, training and development programs must prove their worth and Bottom-line Training guides you step by step through the... (more)

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

by Richard E. Mayer, Ruth Colvin Clark

Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement

by John Hattie

Understanding by Design (2nd Edition) (Merrill Education/ASCD College Textbook)

by Grant P. Wiggins

Systematic Design of Instruction, The (6th Edition)

by Lou Carey, Walter Dick

Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Vol. 2 (Instructional Design Theories & Models)

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning

by Richard E. Mayer

e-Learning by Design

by William K. Horton

Michael Allen's Guide to E-Learning

by Michael W. Allen

Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting

by Michael W. Allen

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

by Tony Bates

AMA Handbook of E-Learning, The: Effective Design, Implementation, and Technology Solutions

Telling Ain't Training

by Harold D. Stolovitch

The E-Learning Fieldbook : Implementation Lessons and Case Studies from Companies that are Making E-Learning Work

by Nick Van Dam

Leading for Learning: How to Transform Schools into Learning Organizations

by Phillip C. Schlechty

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 115 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler

ISD From the Ground Up (2nd Ed): A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design

by Chuck Hodell

Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

by L. Dee Fink

E-learning Strategies: How to Get Implementation and Delivery Right First Time

by Don Morrison

Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools (3rd Edition)

by Candy Beal, Peter H. Martorella

Bottom-Line Training: How to Design and Implement Successful Programs That Boost Profits (Improving Human Performance Series) (Improving Human Performance Series)

by Donald J. Ford