Someone You Should Know-Richard E. Mayer

At a time when many are joining the bandwagen of online learning, much of it of questionable quality, Richard Mayer applies science and learning theory to the evergrowing endeavor. The coauthor of the text, E-learning and the Science of Instruction, with Ruth Colvin Clark, offers a solid basis for "consumers and designers of multimedia learning." A professor  of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 1975, he has applied his years of experience and research in educational and cognitive psychology, much in learning theory to his current focus upon multimedia learning and computer-supported learning. Author of more than 250 articles, he has authored Multimedia Learning (2001), The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning(editor,2005), and Learning and Instruction (2nd ed.) (2008). With the fortuitous collaboration with practicing consultant, Ruth Colvin Clark, his experience is obvious in the delightfully practical, well-organized classroom text.