Signals (or cues) are added to multimedia learning materials to guide learners’ attention to critical elements of the materials. Yet, research on signaling has produced mixed findings on learning ...

Richard Mayer is one of the most influential educational researchers: His theory of multimedia learning is widely cited, and his resulting principles for how to design learning materials have become a ...

Instructional Science, Vol. 39, No. 6 (November 2011), pp. 939-974 (36 pages) This is a design study meant to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating three rather different theoretical perspectives ...