Learning Design

Why hire a learning designer?

Why hire a learning designer

With the proliferation of easy to use elearning platforms like Thinkific and Articulate Rise 360, organizations might be asking why they need the services of learning designers. Since these platforms offer many pre-made templates, wouldn’t subject matter experts be able to create courses directly into these platforms? Furthermore, since these platforms tend to favor video-centric …

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Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning 3rd Ed

Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning

Most learning designers are familiar with Richard Mayer’s Twelve Principles of Multimedia Learning but his Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning is not as well known.  That theory not only describes how the cognitive system processes multimedia content to produce learning but also highlights the limitations of the cognitive system. And Mayer’s theory is “based on …

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