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=This wiki will explore Mayer's Multimedia Principles as outlined in his book, __Multimedia Learning__, using multimedia technologies to illuminate each Principle.=

The promise of multimedia learning is that, by combining pictures with words, we will be able to foster deeper learning in students. First, multimedia instruction messages can be designed in ways that are consistent with how people learn, and thus can serve as aids to human learning (Mayer, 1997, 1999a, 1999b, 2001). Second, there is a growing research base showing that students learn more deeply from well designed multimedia presentations than from traditional verbal-only messages, including improved performance on tests of problem-solving transfer (Mandl & Levin, 1989; Mayer, 2001; Najjar, 1998; Schnotz & Kulhavy, 1994; Sweller, 1999; Van Merrienboer, 1997). In short, the promise of multimedia learning is that teachers can tap the power of visual and verbal forms of expression in the service of promoting student understanding

Click on the image of the book to read an except

Click on the image below to listen to Richard E.Mayer talk about Multimedia Learning

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 * media type="custom" key="5398815" || ** Using a wiki designed by the instructor you and your group will develop a page explaining one of Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia that will utilize the following multimedia tool: **

A paragraph explaining the topic including group member names A word mosaic about your topic from ABCYa http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm VoiceThread that explains the topic using: · Text · Audio Images Video A discussion topic that class members respond to using the ORQ format ||