articleJournal of Computer Assisted LearningJun 13, 2017Closed access

Using multimedia for e‐learning

RERichard E. Mayer

Neurological Surgery · Hologic (Germany)

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Abstract

Abstract This paper reviews 12 research‐based principles for how to design computer‐based multimedia instructional materials to promote academic learning, starting with the multimedia principle (yielding a median effect size of d = 1.67 based on five experimental comparisons), which holds that people learn better from computer‐based instruction containing words and graphics rather than words alone. Principles aimed at reducing extraneous processing (i.e., cognitive processing that is unrelated to the instructional objective) include coherence ( d = 0.70), signalling ( d = 0.46), redundancy ( d = 0.87), spatial contiguity ( d = 0.79) and temporal contiguity ( d = 1.30). Principles for managing essential…

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  • Contiguity
  • Multimedia
  • Computer science
  • Graphics
  • Cognition
  • Personalization
  • Instructional design
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Quality Education
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