Spoiler alert: On November 30, Dr. Richard Mayer will give a 1 hour long weblecture on virtual reality learning, organized by EARLI SIG 7 and SIG6. This is the first weblecture and we aim to organize two per year with key researchers who typically do not visit our conferences.

Don't forget! November 30, 17:00 CET, Dr. Mayer will present his research and views on VR learning (per Zoom). Organized together with EARLI SIG 6

The app for teacher training developed with Ateo got a #bestofswissapps silver award! We already successfully use it in a seminar this semester at the University of Zurich IFE :)

Wednesday we - the educational research and instructional design communities - lost a true giant, Jeroen van Merriënboer. kirschnered.nl/2023/11/16/jer…

Important information concerning our (awesome!) EARLI SIG 6 and EARLI SIG 7 Conference this summer in Tubingen, Germany: We extended the submission deadline to March 15! So you have a little bit more time to write your proposal(s). 😃

Listen closely: Prosodic signals in podcast support learning sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Our paper on the effect of auditory signaling in instructional Podcasts is available in Computers & Education! Sascha Schneider

Dear EARLI SIG 6 and EARLI SIG 7 members, One of our members contacted us because of an e-mail that appears as though it was sent by us with a request to reply to the e-mail with private details. This e-mail was NOT sent us! Please ignore and delete. EARLI

Wondering about instructional videos used in class? Read our paper « From Research to Practice: Are Multimedia Principles Present in Instructional Videos Used by Teachers in Science and History? » link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Still looking for something to read by the lake this weekend? Our new L&I publication might be of (situational) interest. We investigated why narrative frames matter for instructional video & found them to be essential to foster sustained learning over longer times in videos.

And what a wonderful "EARLI career keynote" it was! For those interested, you Tino's slides are on OSF. 😍

First boat of the EARLI SIG 6 EARLI SIG 7 conference 😁

The 2024 EARLI SIG 6 and EARLI SIG 7 Conference has come to an end after four days of "work hard play hard". We thank everyone who contributed to a wonderful conference. 😍 We really hope to see you all in Zurich, Switzerland, in the summer of 2026!

As it turned out, current so-called 'digital natives' have lower digital competences than previous generations... x.com/iea_education/…

🚀 Excited to share my vision as a candidate for EARLI SIG 6 Junior Coordinator! 💡 From supporting JURE perspectives to hosting the SIG 6&7 Conference in 2026 University of Zurich, I’m all about creating opportunities for growth. Watch my fun intro video! 🎥 #EARLI #SIG6 EARLI SIG 6

Are you interested in research on cognitive demand? We are excited to announce that our paper on the Mental Effort and Load - Translingual Scale (MEL-TS) has just been accepted at Educational Psychology Review! Preprint available here: osf.io/c7bjx/

Reminder: The deadline for applying to become a SIG 7 JURE or senior coordinator is set to February 3, 2025. If you plan to apply and did not do so yet, better apply fast! 😁

Dear SIG 7 members, we need your vote to select your next SIG 7 representatives! You can vote directly from your EARLI Dashboard via earli-eapril.org/login. Go to the "Poll" section, at the bottom of your page. If you did not yet renew your membership, please do so and vote.

The applications for the EARLI 2025 Travel Awards have opened! Application deadline: 6th of April 2025 (midnight, CET) Please check the following link for more information: earli.org/events/earli20…