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. 2014 Jul 14;14:143. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-143

Table 3.

Implementation of instructional design principles

Principle Implementation
Coherence principle: eliminate extraneous material
Splitting of content into facts and description components. Ability to hide tools in Study Mode.
 
Ability to resume from where last study session was left.
Signaling principle: highlight essential material
Bold typeface for facts. Text marker feature. Flashcard color-coded study prioritization based
 
on learner Perception of knowledge.
Pre-training principle: provide pre-training in names
 
characteristics of key concepts
Notebooks with key Flashcards can be provided before more advanced Notebooks are studied.
 
Introductory Flashcards can be added to more advanced Notebooks.
Segmenting principle: break lessons into
 
learner-controlled segments
Flashcard break Notebook content into learner controlled segments
Multimedia principle: present words and pictures
 
rather than words alone Flashcards support both text and images

Principles enumerated from Mayer et al. [46].