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Ruth Colvin Clark's excellent series of research-to-practice books where she joins with Frank Nguyen and John Sweller, developer of cognitive load theory.
The book tells us how to create learning interactions that avoid overloading our learners' limited working memory and perceptual-channel capacities.
Synopsis
"Efficiency in Learning" offers a road map of the most effective ways to use the three fundamental communication of training: visuals, written text, and audio. Regardless of how you are delivering your training materials in the classroom, in print, by synchronous or asynchronous media the book's methods are easily applied to your lesson presentations, handouts, reference guides, or e-learning screens. Designed to be a down-to-earth resource for all instructional professionals, "Efficiency in Learning's" guidelines are clearly illustrated with real-world examples.Related links
Videnskabeligt bevist
How to Do a Good PowerPoint Lecture (Source: scienceblogs.com)
The scourge of PowerPoint (Source: Effect Measure)
