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training, all the participating children were re-tested on working memory and mathematicalperformance. The effectiveness of the working memory training to improve working memoryfunctioning and possibly mathematical performance was assessed. Possible implications for theclassroom are also discussed.H330 August 2007 11:00 - 12:20Room: PP3Poster SessionPoster sessionChair:Pnevmatikos Dimitris, University of Western Macedonia, GreeceInnovative learning space – The intermediate processes of individual and social learning in theworkplaceKaija Collin, University of Jyväskylä, FinlandUntil recently the phenomena of workplace learning as individual and social processes has beenapproached as separate entities. Thus, too little attention has been paid to those intermediateprocesses which connect individual and social processes of practice and learning. In this study, theintermediate processes of individual and social practices of workplace learning are investigated.The aim of this study is to describe an innovative learning space which will be created through thelinkage between individual and social learning taking place in various working contexts. The studywill address the following questions: 1) which are the processes of individual and social learningwhich enhance innovative learning in the workplace? 2) Which are the mediating processespromoting productive and innovative learning processes at work? 3) How an innovative learningspace will be created through the linkage between individual and social processes in theworkplace? The study will be accomplished within an ethnographic framework. The empiricaldata will be based on observations and interviews conducted in various organisations and amongoccupations such as design engineers, doctors in surgery and carpenters. Various analytical toolswill be utilised, including ethnographic, narrative, and ethnomethodological analysis. In addition,supplementary methodological tools, to answer the research questions, will be developed. Theresults will contribute to the need to deepen our understanding of the interdependence ofindividual and social learning processes. Consequently, in this study, on the bases of empiricalfindings focus will be put on intermediate processes of learning and on theory-building from insidethe inter-disciplinary field of workplace learning.Human cognitive architecture as a basis for the design of multimedia learning environments forolder adults.Mariya Pachman, University of New Mexico, USAHow can multimedia design promote learning for older adults? The goal of this paper is to answerthis question using Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning - CTML (Mayer & Moreno, 2003)as a theoretical framework for design of multimedia learning environments on one hand andcognitive aging theories describing the existing declines on the other hand. Empirical data fromcross-sectional studies with older adults suggests that some of the multimedia learning principles– 440 –