Multimedia+Principle


 * Multimedia Principle is defined as any presentation that contains both words and graphics~ **

**Multimedia Principle: Include both words and graphics **
 * Pictures should not be an afterthought
 * Designers should consider how words and pictures work together to create meaning for the learner
 * Multimedia presentations encourage engagement in active learning by mentally representing the material in words and pictures and by mentally making connections between the pictorial and verbal representations
 * Select transformational and interpretive graphs that support learning
 * Use of organizational graphics that organize the material
 * Minimize the use of decorative graphics or graphics that represent a single object


 * Things to look for with multimedia in e-learning: **
 * Graphics and text are used to present instructional content
 * Graphics are relevant to the instructional purpose rather than decorative
 * Representative graphics are used to illustrate concrete facts, concepts, and their parts
 * Animations are used primarily to illustrate hands-on procedures
 * Organizational graphics are used to show relationships among ideas or lesson topics or where the parts are located within a whole structure
 * Relational graphics are used to show quantitative relationships among variables
 * Transformational graphics, such as a video showing how to operate equipment, are used to show changes over time
 * Interpretive graphics, such as a series of static frames, are used to explain how a system works or to make invisible phenomena visible

(Clark & Mayer, p.88, 2011)


 * Graphic Types for Multimedia**