I am currently taking 2 master courses in educational technology. In my journey of learning, I come across some thought provoking issues and practical ideas on the use of etools. I came across a research paper by Richard Mayer published in the Educational Computing Research journal (2003) and it hit an accord with the way I design, build and work with online elearning tools
Some Design Principles for the Design of Multimedia Explanations
- use both words and pictures
- present corresponding words and pictures at the same time,
- present the words in spoken form,
- present words in conversational style.
- avoid extraneous video and audio.
- do not add on screen text that duplicates what is spoken
- begin the presentation with concise descriptions of the components,
- provide signaling for the narration
- allow the learner to have control over the pace of presentation.
taken from Elements of a Science of e-Learning by Richard Mayer
