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and media.

Mayer’s Multimedia Principles

Principles of Multimedia Learning

multimedia principle

coherence principle

contiguity principle

modality principle

signaling principle

personalization principle

Multimedia PrinciplePeople learn better from words and pictures than from words alone

Coherence Principlepeople learn better when extraneous material is excluded rather than included

Contiguity Principlepeople learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented at the same time or next to each other on the screen

Modality Principlepeople learn better from animation with spoken text than animation with printed text

Signaling Principlepeople learn better when the material is organized with clear outlines and headings

Personalization Principlepeople learn better from conversational style than formal style

References

http://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com/Media/MediaPrinciples.htm