CHAPTER OUTLINE

  • How Do People Learn?
    • Learning with Technology
    • What Is Learning and Instruction?
    • Three Metaphors for Learning
    • Principles and Processes of Learning
    • Managing Limited Cognitive Resources During Learning
  • How e-Lessons Affect Human Learning
    • Methods for Directing Selection of Important Information
    • Methods for Managing Limited Capacity in Working Memory
    • Methods for Integration
    • Methods for Retrieval and Transfer
    • Summary of Learning Processes

Chapter 2

How Do People Learn from e-Courses?

WHAT’S NEW IN THIS CHAPTER?

FROM LAS VEGAS–STYLE MEDIA with games and glitz at one extreme to page turners consisting of text on screens at the other, many e-learning courses ignore human cognitive processes and as a result do not optimize learning. ...

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