TOPIC: Mental Health Related Software and Multimedia

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Quick Find
• Technology as an Intervention Tool

Technical Assistance Sampler
• Using Technology to Address Barriers to Learning

Other Relevant Documents, Resources, and Tools on the Internet

Internet Based Multimedia Learning Tools

• AADAC My Room
• Are You Shy? Find out Why
• Cyber Knowledge and Emotion (CYKE)
• KidsHealth
• Dealing With Anger and Keeping Your Cool
• Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• The Story on Self-esteem
• The Story on Stress
• Talking About Your Feelings
• Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along
• The Museum of Tolerance Online
• Watch Your Mouth

Proprietary Multimedia Learning Software

• Anger Management
• Aztec School Software
• BARN
• Boulden Publishing - Resources for Children in Distress
• Camese
• Changing Minds
• Leapster
• Mental Health Media Products
• Morphinx Software
• Ripple Effects Software
• Social Skills Software by Social Skill Builder

Multimedia Organizations, Corporations, and Research Centers

• Inflexxion Inc
• Innova Multimedia
• Kutoka Media Inc
• Leap Frog
• Little Planet Learning
• McGill University Dept of Psychology
• Media Lab Europe, Dublin
• Mental Health Media
• MIT Media Lab
• Moozie Cow Kindness Foundation
• Morphonix Inc
• Outreach Arts
• Ripple Effects Inc
• Research Centre for Interactive Learning Environments
• Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL)

Relevant Publications on the Internet

• An Interactive Multimedia Learning On Demand System
• Multimedia & Learning
• Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning

References To Articles About Multimedia Learning

• An integrated model of multimedia learning and motivation. Astleitner, H., Wiesner, C. (2004). Journal of educational Multimedia & Hypermedia, 13, 3-21.
• Cognitive constraints on multimedia learning: When presenting more material results in less understanding. Mayer, R. E., Heiser, J., & Lonn, S. (2001). Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 187-198.
• Developing a collaborative learning environment using a web-based design. Neo, M. (2003). Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 19, 462-473.
• Discovery learning representation, and explanation within a computer-based simulations: finding the right mix. Rieber, L. P., Tzeng, S., Tribble, K. (2004). Learning and Instruction, 14, 301-323.
• E-learning and the science of instruction. Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2003). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Multimedia Learning. Mayer, R. E. (2001). New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Signaling as a cognitive guide in multimedia learning. Mautone, P. D., & Mayer, R. E. (2001). Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 377-389.
• Social cues in multimedia learning: Role of speaker's voice. Mayer, R. E., Sobko, K., & Mautone, P. D. (2003). Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 415-425.
• The case for social agency in computer-based teaching: Do students learn more deeply when they interact with animated pedagogical agents? Moreno, R., Mayer, R. E., Spires, H., & Lester, J. (2001). Cognition and Instruction, 19, 177-214.