e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning,   ISBN:9780787986834

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Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard Mayer collaborate on a super resource for anyone involved in creating, managing or distributing e-learning. Relevant information from cover to cover, this book is a must have for instructional designers who need to create interesting, engaging instruction for the online environment. Both authors are very knowledgeable about the area, and are authentic authorities on the subject.

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I needed this for school. The price was right and I got the cd which I didn't plan on getting for the price I paid.

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This book is excellent: a compendium of course design knowledge with lots of illustrations/examples. It does warn in the first chapter--and worth repeating--that the audience for the book is corporate trainers, not educators.

One of the reasons I ordered the book, however, was the hope of using a text-to-voice editor to "read" the CD to me (I wanted the text of the book on the CD) - an expedient way to get through the book quickly. However, I was disappointed that the CD is actually useless. It has a three-page "E-learning checklist" based on the book, but the rest of the items on the CD are just contact info for the publisher, links to organizations like ASTD, bio's for the authors, and a help menu on how to use the CD (If you were having trouble using the CD, how could you get to this menu item???).

The CD was quite disappointing considering the book is all about using technology to help people learn efficiently through media. However, don't let that stop you from purchasing the book. It is a great resource!

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I ordered this book with intentions of using it for a 10-week class. I could not find it anywhere else, any faster so...I ordered it from this company. Little did I know that it would take much much longer. So, I emailed the company to ask "Where is my book?". The answer I received was that my order was lost and the product would not be shipped and a refund would follow. That did little to solve the problem of a textbook for the class. My advice to you...Spend the extra money and find your book elsewhere!! Terrible service and no consideration!

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Loads of best practises that is based on solid research. Quite a few eye openers as well. There are already enough of the quick do and don'ts books, this book finally gives me solid base I was looking for. And I totally disagree with others that the book is boring. I really enjoy reading it. It is not hard to read even for foreigners (like me).