Multimedia Principles

Multimedia Principles

Principles Designed to Minimize Extraneous Processing

Poll

Do you do things the FIRST time they are asked of you by a parent? 

• Always (I’m the best child ever)

• Usually 

• Sometimes (I honestly get lazy)

• Rarely (if ever) 

​Redundancy Principle

• ​Redundancy occurs when the same information is presented in multiple forms at the same time

​Redundancy Principle

Coherency Principle ​

​We want coherency!!

• Weeding

• ​Don’t always go for cute!

• ​Purposeful

• ​Simplicity

Signaling Principle​

• ​Using cues to direct learner's attention to material

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• ​Utilize tools such as highlighting & other attention-captivating visuals

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• ​Don't overdo it! Too many signals become confusing

​Spatial Principle

• ​When corresponding WORDS and PICTURES are presented NEAR rather than FAR on a page or screen

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• ​Too much information at once can cause a cognitive overload

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• ​Example: Subtitles on a movie

​Temporal Principle

• ​Students learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented SIMULTANEOUSLY rather than SUCCESSIVELY

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• ​Allows the building of mental connections between VERBAL and VISUAL representations

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• ​Main focus is building connections without separation in time periods