16. Multimedia Principle
• Static images encourage:
• Visual representations
• mental connections
• Use when instructional
• demonstrations
• definitions
• procedures
• relationships
• Don’t use as decoration!
People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone
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21. Food trucks have become popular in the UAE.
Present Perfect Grammar
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25. • Refers to simultaneous
delivery
• Reduce overload & strain
• Deeper learning from
speech
• Can increase production
time of resources
Modality Principle
People learn better from animation and narration than from
animation and on-screen text
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33. • Relates to repetitive delivery
of same info as text and
narration
• Refers to simultaneous
delivery
• Reduce overload & strain
• Deeper learning from speech
• Can increase production
time of resources
Redundancy Principle
People learn better from animation and narration than from
animation, narration and on-screen text
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38. Exceptions to the modality
and redundancy principles…
Can include text when
• learners need vocabulary
support
• including text adds value
Can narrate on screen text when
• emphasising or reinforcing
points
• focusing on challenging language
• demonstrating pronunciation
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40. • Delete anything irrelevant
to instructional objective
• Why?
• Distraction
• Disruption
• Seduction
• Shorter
Coherence Principle
People learn better when extraneous words, pictures, and
sounds are excluded rather than included.
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47. • Don’t distract from
instructional material
• Focus on
• Language
• Listening, not watching
Image Principle
People do not necessarily learn better from a multimedia
lesson when the speaker’s image is added to the screen
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52. Exceptions to the image
principle…
Can include image of self when
• learners need visual
support
• including image /
gestures / body
language adds
instructional value
• demonstrating
pronunciation
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54. How relevant are these to ESL digital resources?
How would you design resources differently
now?
How much of an impact would these have on
your resource design and development?
57. References
Clark, R., & Mayer, R. (2011). E-learning and the science of
instruction : Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of
multimedia learning (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
Mayer, R. (2001). Multimedia Learning. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press
Sweller, J. (1994). Cognitive load theory, learning difficulty, and
instructional design . Learning and Instruction, 4, 292-312
Sweller, J.,Ayres, P., & Kalyuga, S. (2011). Cognitive LoadTheory
(Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems
and PerformanceTechnologies).NewYork: Springer Education
58. Creating Digital Resources
using Instructional Design
Principles
CJ Davison
christina.davison@zu.ac.ae
NicholasYates
nicholas.yates@zu.ac.ae