Multimedia Learning Principles #330: Challenge | Recap
What Do Course Designers Need to Know About Multimedia Learning Principles?
Have you ever been asked to design an e-learning course,...
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Question for the group. If you read the post on Mayer's Redundancy Principle linked in the third paragraph of the original post (https://community.articulate.com/articles/redundancy-principle-should-you-duplicate-narrated-text-on-screen) and scroll down into the comments, someone posts that the book eLearning and the Science of Instruction relies on this paper: http://tecfa.unige.ch/tecfa/teaching/methodo/MorenoMayer2002.pdf
This paper states that when audio explanation, text on the screen, and animation converge, learning goes down. When it is just audio narration and redundant text on the screen, learning goes UP. The commenter stated it better, of course, and of course this paper is older.
Are there new studies that indicate that learning goes DOWN when there is redundant audio narration of text on the screen (assuming no animation to conflict with audio and text)?
My courses must be 508 compliant, so I have to provide a written transcript and an audio option (usually through alt text) for anyone visually impaired. The audio narration is just a nice to have for anyone who would prefer to listen. Personally I don't like it when I'm forced to listen to audio, so I like the idea of providing a written transcript in the notes section of a course.
Side note for Articulate - it would be handy if screen text auto-populated in the notes section, and you had the ability to change it if you wanted. When you have to copy/paste everything into the notes it gets tedious. :)
This paper states that when audio explanation, text on the screen, and animation converge, learning goes down. When it is just audio narration and redundant text on the screen, learning goes UP. The commenter stated it better, of course, and of course this paper is older.
Are there new studies that indicate that learning goes DOWN when there is redundant audio narration of text on the screen (assuming no animation to conflict with audio and text)?
My courses must be 508 compliant, so I have to provide a written transcript and an audio option (usually through alt text) for anyone visually impaired. The audio narration is just a nice to have for anyone who would prefer to listen. Personally I don't like it when I'm forced to listen to audio, so I like the idea of providing a written transcript in the notes section of a course.
Side note for Articulate - it would be handy if screen text auto-populated in the notes section, and you had the ability to change it if you wanted. When you have to copy/paste everything into the notes it gets tedious. :)