Multimedia Learning Principles

Richard E. Mayer has developed a set of instructional design principles that are based on experimental research studies and grounded in a theory of how people learn from words and pictures.

Learn more about Mayer’s cognitive theory of multimedia learning from his books including:

E-learning & the Science of Instruction:
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Multimedia Learning:
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Transcript

1. COHERENCE SIGNALING SPATIAL CONTIGUITY SEGMENTING MODALITY …when extraneous material is excluded …when corresponding printed words and graphics are placed near rather than far from each other PRE-TRAINING …from a narrated animation when they have had training in the names and characteristics of the main concepts …when cues are added that highlight the main ideas and organization of the material …when a narrated animation is presented in learner- paced segments than as a continuous unit REDUNDANCY …from animation and narration than from animation, narration, and on- screen text TEMPORAL CONTIGUITY …when corresponding graphics and narration are presented simultaneously rather than successively …from graphics and narration than from graphics and on- screen text PEOPLE LEARN MORE DEEPLY… By Richard E. Mayer MULTIMEDIA LEARNING PRINCIPLES Richard E. Mayer has developed a set of instructional design principles that are based on experimental research studies and grounded in a theory of how people learn from words and pictures. Learn more about Mayer’s cognitive theory of multimedia learning from his book Multimedia Learning.