Instructional design for effective and enjoyable computer-supported learning

This special issue is dedicated to a number of efforts being made by researchers – primarily in Europe – to make learning more effective AND more enjoyable. The basis of this Special Issue lies in a conference organized by two Special Interest Groups (Instructional Design (SIG 6) and Learning and Instruction with Computers (SIG 7)) of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) held July 2004 at the Knowledge Media Research Center in Tuebingen, Germany (http://www.iwm-kmrc.de). 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.