For hundreds of years verbal messages - such as lectures and printed lessons - have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. In Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal by combining words and pictures for effective teaching. Multimedia encyclopedias have become the latest addition to students' reference tools, and the world wide web is full of messages that combine words and pictures. Do these forms of presentation help learners? If so, what is the best way to design multimedia messages for optimal learning? Drawing upon 10 years of research, the author provides seven principles for the design of multimedia messages and a cognitive theory of multimedia learning. In short, this book summarizes research aimed at realizing the promise of multimedia learning - that is, the potential of using words and pictures together to promote human understanding.
Table of contents:
1. The promise of multimedia learning; 2. Multimedia instructional messages; 3. A cognitive theory of multimedia learning; 4. Multimedia principle; 5. Spatial contiguity principle; 6. Temporal contiguity principle; 7. Coherence principle; 8. Modality principle; 9. Redundancy principle; 10. Individual differences principle; 11. Principles of multimedia design.
For hundreds of years verbal messages have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool for humans, this book explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. An alternative to purely verbal presentations is to use multimedia presentations.
This book summarizes research aimed a realizing the promise of multimedia learning.
Table of contents:
1. The promise of multimedia learning; 2. Multimedia instructional messages; 3. A cognitive theory of multimedia learning; 4. Multimedia principle; 5. Spatial contiguity principle; 6. Temporal contiguity principle; 7. Coherence principle; 8. Modality principle; 9. Redundancy principle; 10. Individual differences principle; 11. Principles of multimedia design.
For hundreds of years verbal messages have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool for humans, this book explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. An alternative to purely verbal presentations is to use multimedia presentations.
This book summarizes research aimed a realizing the promise of multimedia learning.