Multimedia Learning

As a technical writer, I try to incorporate effective visuals to accompany my text. Reading this resource, I've learned that I have instinctually been doing many things right, but also several key things wrong. I can point to this reference as justification for the graphics I use, with full knowledge that there is scientific evidence to back up my choices.

Excellent

I recommend this book for all online teachers. It has a very strong foundation in learning theory and helps to ensure that we design our courses to be optimal teaching tools.

The content in this book is good although some of the research studies are a little dated. I especially found myself wanting more research on simulation and VR, a lot of the studies it quotes are from the '90s and early 2000s.As a teacher I don't think I was prepared for the tone of this book. It's heavy on the psychology and research study and takes until section 2 to do deeper dives into application. The content is great and I have a lot of respect for the writer after watching interviews with him and meeting other articles. That said this book can get really repetitive and could have benefit from a technical writer helping. I'd recommend to skim some of the more repetitive sections, especially the parts in the first section.