Static Multimedia Tutorial

This week we began learning about the effectiveness of multimedia presentations, as well as the violations and demonstrations of the contiguity principle. It is my hope that I accurately applied these principles to this week's project: a Static Multimedia Tutorial.

As we dive deeper into this course, I thought it would be good if we were all capable of creating our own multimedia graphics. With that in mind, I decided to complete my Static Multimedia Tutorial on how to create an account with Canva: a leading graphic platform. My intended audience would be my colleagues, those with a basic working knowledge of computer operations.

With this week's project, I integrated both graphics (screenshots) and words to demonstrate the multimedia principle - according to Clark and Mayer on page 70. I also chose my words based on the screenshots. The authors continued by stating, "When learners mentally connect words and pictures, they are engaged in meaningful learning that is more likely to support understanding, as measured by transfer tests" (pg. 70).

To take that quote a little further, Clark and Mayer also stated "the contiguity principle involves the need to coordinate printed words and graphics" (pg. 91). In this week's project, I also intentionally purposed to place my words and graphics near one another. According to page 90, this technique should reduce the "need to search for which parts of a graphic correspond to which words, thereby allowing the user to devote limited cognitive resources to understanding the materials. Applying this principle, should result in an ease of learner understanding and comprehension of material. 

Although I believe I incorporated both principles (multimedia and contiguity) into my project, I am curious to know if I went a little overboard with my graphics and wording. I would love to see what you think. Please leave your comments and/or suggestions.