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Multimedia Design Principles

When producing learning and teaching material either as videos or as in-class resources, CEI recommends employing Multimedia Design Principles to help reduce the cognitive load for students and improve learning.

Multimedia Design Principles Overview

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Crafting videos and classes that stick

This series of videos helps teachers better communicate with students. It offers concrete ways to implement multimedia design principles in the classroom, such as by cutting unnecessary material (scissors), putting key content on slides (paper), and making content simple and concrete (rock). The final video is about how to use time and space to make videos more effective.

Crafting videos and classes that stick

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Tips for video creation

If staff wish to record their own videos, CEI has collated a series of tips and suggestions to help make the process efficient and effective.

Tips for video creation

Other resources

Mayer, R. E. (2021). Evidence-Based Principles for How to Design Effective Instructional Videos. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10(2), 229–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2021.03.007

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