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RICHARD MAYER - our inspiration
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Richard E. Mayer is Professor of
Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he has
served since 1975. He received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of
Michigan in 1973, and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at
Indiana University from 1973 to 1975. His research interests are in educational
and cognitive psychology. His current research involves the intersection of
cognition, instruction, and technology with a special focus on multimedia
learning and problem solving. He is past-President of the Division of
Educational Psychology of the American Psychological Association, former editor
of the Educational Psychologist and former co-editor of Instructional Science,
former Chair of the UCSB Department of Psychology, and the year 2000 recipient
of the E. L. Thorndike Award for career achievement in educational psychology.
He is on the editorial boards of 10 journals mainly in educational psychology.
He is the author of 18 books and more than 250 articles and chapters, including
Learning and Instruction (2003) and Multimedia Learning (2001).
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