Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Background
- Part II Theoretical Foundations
- Part III Basic Principles of Multimedia Learning
- Part IV Principles for Reducing Extraneous Processing in Multimedia Learning
- Part V Principles for Managing Essential Processing in Multimedia Learning
- Part VI Principles Based on Social and Affective Features of Multimedia Learning
- Part VII Principles Based on Generative Activity in Multimedia Learning
- Part VIII Multimedia Learning with Media
- 37 Multimedia Learning with Cognitive Tutors
- 38 Multimedia Learning with Animated Pedagogical Agents
- 39 Multimedia Learning with Simulations
- 40 Multimedia Learning with Computer Games
- 41 Multimedia Learning with Instructional Video
- 42 Multimedia Learning in Virtual and Mixed Reality
- 43 Multimedia Learning with Visual Displays
- 44 Multimedia Learning from Multiple Documents
- 45 Multimedia Learning in e-Courses
- 46 Principles for Educational Assessment with Multimedia
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
43 - Multimedia Learning with Visual Displays
from Part VIII - Multimedia Learning with Media
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 November 2021
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Background
- Part II Theoretical Foundations
- Part III Basic Principles of Multimedia Learning
- Part IV Principles for Reducing Extraneous Processing in Multimedia Learning
- Part V Principles for Managing Essential Processing in Multimedia Learning
- Part VI Principles Based on Social and Affective Features of Multimedia Learning
- Part VII Principles Based on Generative Activity in Multimedia Learning
- Part VIII Multimedia Learning with Media
- 37 Multimedia Learning with Cognitive Tutors
- 38 Multimedia Learning with Animated Pedagogical Agents
- 39 Multimedia Learning with Simulations
- 40 Multimedia Learning with Computer Games
- 41 Multimedia Learning with Instructional Video
- 42 Multimedia Learning in Virtual and Mixed Reality
- 43 Multimedia Learning with Visual Displays
- 44 Multimedia Learning from Multiple Documents
- 45 Multimedia Learning in e-Courses
- 46 Principles for Educational Assessment with Multimedia
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
A visual display is a graphic representation of information communicated to learners. In this chapter, we review research-based principles for the design of visual displays. We begin by providing an overview of visual displays and presenting the case for visual displays in education. This chapter also describes a theoretical framework for understanding how people learn with visual displays and reviews research-based principles for designing visual displays to improve learning. Specifically, we identify three common forms of extraneous processing (induced via spatial distance, unimportant information, and referential confusion) and how to reduce them using research-based principles (spatial contiguity principle, coherence principle, and signaling principle). In addition, we discuss ways to promote generative processing and how different types of graphic organizers (sequence, hierarchy, matrix) can support different types of inferences (temporal, hierarchical, relational). We conclude with a discussion of future directions for research on visual displays.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning , pp. 510 - 520Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021