Share Paper: The effects of self-explanations on student learning in a multimedia environment

  1. Ray Pastore, University of North Carolina Wilmington, United States

Abstract: In the last decade, computer and multimedia use has skyrocketed in educational learning environments. Accordingly, multimedia is perceived by educators to have an important role in the future of education (Lowerison, Sclater, Schmid, & Abrami, 2006). This has led to an increased number of representations being presented to learners in computer-based multimedia environments. Multimedia instruction consists of a combination of representations and is defined by Mayer (2005) as, “presenting both words (such as printed text or spoken text) and pictures (such as illustrations, photos, animation, or video)” (p. 2). Studies show that multimedia instruction can aid student learning and is ...