Multimedia Distance Education Interactions

Juhani E. Tuovinen

Educational Media International Vol. 37, No. 1 (2000) pp. 16–24

Discussion of multimedia interactions in distance education synthesizes approaches based on distance education theory, cognition research, and multimedia development. Proposes a composite framework for discussion of multimedia and multimodal...

Exploring Multidimensional Approaches to the Efficiency of Instructional Conditions

Juhani E. Tuovinen; Fred Paas

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 32, No. 1 (January 2004) pp. 133–152

Research on Cognitive Load Theory has shown that measures of cognitive load can reveal important information about the cognitive consequences of instructional conditions that is not necessarily reflected by traditional performance-based measures....

Towards Better Strategies for Thinking and Programming

Juhani E. Tuovinen; Douglas M. Hill

School Science and Mathematics Vol. 92, No. 4 (1992) pp. 206–11

Offers LOGO as an environment that facilitates the development of cognitive strategies useful in problem solving. Presents LOGO activities requiring students to combine preprogramed procedures to produce worksheet patterns. Using this approach...

Encouraging IT students to get serious about assignment writing: evaluation of a Web-based initiative

Rosemary Clerehan; Giselle Kett; Renee Gedge; Juhani E Tuovinen

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 6, No. 4 pp. 327–346

Traditionally, students attending university have received support for their assignment writing within a face-to-face framework. Academic writing support delivered via the Internet needs to be rendered in very subject-specific terms for the resource ...

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A Motivational Perspective on the Relation Between Mental Effort and Performance: Optimizing Learner Involvement in Instruction

Fred Paas; Juhani E. Tuovinen; Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer; A Aubteen Darabi

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 53, No. 3 (2005) pp. 25–34

Motivation can be identified as a dimension that determines learning success and causes the high dropout rate among online learners, especially in complex e-learning environments. It is argued that these learning environments represent a new...