Segmenting and Pretraining

The segmenting principle is that people learn more deeply when a multimedia message is presented in learner-paced segments rather than as a continuous unit.

Use a continue and replay button on animations that pause the animation after short logical segments

This Ellevation Math lesson provides multiple elements for users to control the progress of a lesson.

Break content down into small topic chunks that can be accessed at the learner’s preferred rate

This Khan Academy Unit breaks down the concept of Limits and Continuity with sequential, bite-sized lessons.

Teach important concepts and facts prior to procedures or processes — Pretraining Principle

This Mosa Mack Lesson teaches Key Words and concepts before moving on to investigating a science mystery.

This Coursera lesson defines technical terms before proceeding with a lesson on data analysis.

Teach important concepts and facts prior to procedures or processes

This Ellevation Maths lesson teaches the concept of “similar” and “area” before explaining the math steps.

Break content down into small topic chunks that can be accessed at the learner’s preferred rate using a continue or next button

This Lego WeDo lesson breaks down instructions “brick-by-brick” — literally.

When teaching concepts and facts prior to procedures or processes, maintain the context of the procedure or process

Miro’s training and tutorials is a super example of maintaining context on screen — all tutorials and demonstrations are presented on the board itself so that the learner never navigates away from her context of work and can immediately practice the concepts.