Managing cognitive load in adaptive multimedia learning

• Main Author: Kalyuga, Slava.
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Interactive multimedia.; Instructional systems > Design.; Cognitive learning.; Short-term memory.; Adaptive multimedia learning; Aptitude-treatment interactions; Cognitive architecture; Cognitive load theory; Cognitively efficient adaptive multimedia; Domain knowledge in cognitive processes; Dual-modality presentations; Dynamic visual representations; Expertise reversal effect; Human cognitive processes; Instructional design implications; Instructional efficiency; Instructional simulations and games; Interactive learning environments; Learning complex cognitive skills; Multimedia instructional design implications; Multimedia redundancy effect; Rapid diagnostic assessment approach; task-specific expertise
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This book 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...

Table of Contents:

• Human Cognitive Processes
• Cognitive Load Theory
• The expertise Reversal Effect
• Assessment of Task-Specific Expertise
• Evaluation of Cognitive Load
• Managing Cognitive Load in Verbal and Pictorial Representations
• Managing Cognitive Load in Interactive Multimedia
• Managing Cognitive Load in Dynamic Visual Representations
• Optimizing Cognitive Load in Instructional Simulations and Games
• Tailoring Multimedia Environments to Learner Cognitive Characteristics
• Adapting Levels of Instructional Support to Optimize Learning Complex Cognitive Skills
• Adaptive Procedures for Efficient Learning.