Multimedia: Learner preferences for multimedia learning

Virtual Poster ID: 47841
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    Ray Pastore
    University of North Carolina Wilmington

Abstract: Today’s learners are using multimedia on a daily basis. Prior research from Mayer and colleagues has revealed the multimedia principle, which communicates that two representations that explain for one another are better for learning than just one. While much of this research focused on cognitive load and learning, it did not focus on learner preference. As a result, a survey was presented to learners to discover their preferences for the multimedia, modality, redundancy, and coherence principles in a multimedia environment. Overall, participants agreed that they preferred multiple representations to a single one. However the most surprising results were that learners indicated they preferred redundant text and sound with images to image and text or images and sound and that they preferred highly detailed and colored images to simple images. This indicates that while learners may learn better if we following the multimedia principles, it may decrease learner interest or motivation.

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