7 Principles of Multimedia Design

1.         Multimedia principle: Students learn better from words and pictures than from words alone.

2.         Spatial Contiguity Principle: Students learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented near rather than far from each other on the page or screen.

3.         Temporal Contiguity Principle: Students learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented simultaneously rather than successively.

4.         Coherence Principle: Students learn better when extraneous words, pictures, and sounds are excluded rather than included.

5.         Modality Principle: Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on-screen text.

6.         Redundancy Principle: Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation, narration, and on-screen text.