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2 - Foundations of Multimedia Learning

from Part I - Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

By
Gino Camp ,
Tim Surma  and
Paul A. Kirschner
Edited by
Richard E. Mayer  and
Logan Fiorella
Richard E. Mayer
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Logan Fiorella
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
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Summary

Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML) specifies on a cognitive level how learning from multimedia instructional messages takes place and has produced many instructional principles that can be used to strengthen learning from multimedia. In this chapter, we explore the historical foundations of the CTML in cognitive psychology and in the field of instructional design. More specifically, we discuss three foundational theories to which the CTML is related that provide a strong theoretical and empirical basis for its cognitive and instructional principles and processes. These theories are Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch’s multistore model of memory, Allan Paivio’s dual coding theory, and John Sweller’s theory of cognitive load. We introduce these theories as they existed at the time the development of the CTML started, and discuss how they are connected to Mayer’s CTML. In addition to discussing the theoretical connections, we also discuss differences between the foundational theories and the CTML and recent developments in these theories.

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cognitive theory of multimedia learminghistorical foundationsmultistore model of memorydual coding theorycognitive load theory
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The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning , pp. 17 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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