Chapter 2. How Do People Learn from e-Courses?

CHAPTER OUTLINE

How Do People Learn?

Three Metaphors for Learning

Principles and Processes of Learning

Managing Limited Cognitive Resources During Learning

How Do 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

What Is Good Research?

Informal Studies

Controlled Studies

Clinical Trials

How Can You Identify Relevant Research?

How Do You Interpret Research Statistics?

What We Don't Know About Learning

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS CHAPTER?

FROM LAS VEGAS-STYLE MEDIA with games and glitz at one extreme to page turners consisting of text ...

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