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- For complex concepts or processes, using both words (written or narrated), and imagesgraphics (diagram, table, chart), enhances deep learning.
Limit what Mayer and others call “seductive details.” These are pieces of information that may be interesting or important, but are not really needed to accomplish the learning objectives, instead they contribute to extraneous cognitive load. Example: In a presentation on bees and colony collapse disorder a seductive detail could be a picture of a bear tearing apart a beehive. This might illustrate an interesting phenomenon, but it has nothing to do with colony collapse disorder.
Make sure your narration and text on-screen match by revealing text as you discuss it.
Highlight key words.
Limit the use of images that simply fill white space.
- Five good reasons to use images in slides:
to evoke emotion
to show what something looks like
to show how something works
to show a relationship
to show where something is located
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