Making intructional animations more effective: A cognitive load approach

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-700

  Ayres, Paul ^a   Paas, Fred ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34848861811     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1343     Document Type: Article

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