Designing Text and Visualizations in Multimedia Learning
Schmidt-Weigand, Florian
Revision with unchanged content. "Present words as spoken text rather than printed text" is a common recommendation for designing multimedia instructions. The book takes a closer look at this recommendation by raising two questions: (1) How do learners distribute their visual attention during multimedia learning? And (2) which design features moderate effects of text presentation on perception and comprehension? The results of five empirical s...