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When using sound with a text or picture is not beneficial for learning

Author(s) -

Slava Kalyuga

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

australasian journal of educational technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1449-5554

pISSN - 1449-3098

DOI - 10.14742/ajet.1829

Subject(s) - modalities , modality (human–computer interaction) , computer science , modality effect , working memory , audio visual , cognitive psychology , instructional design , multimedia , visual learning , psychology , cognitive science , short term memory , human–computer interaction , cognition , social science , neuroscience , sociology

Conventional wisdom tells us that two modalities (visual and auditory) are better than one modality in any instructional message. This paper describes two cases where combining audio explanations with visual instructions has had negative rather than positive or neutral effects. The results were explained as a consequence of working memory overload. Some guiding principles in the design of multimedia instruction are suggested.

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