Design guidelines from motivational and complex-skill theories (4C/ID, ARCS, CLT) contradict multimedia learning guidelines (CTML), producing seven specific design dilemmas¶
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q1 i? The authors identify seven specific dilemmas in which guidelines derived from 4C/ID, ARCS and CLT contradict guidelines derived from CTML, covering situational interest, non-essential information, learner control, peer model selection, segmentation, durability of the multimedia principle, and split attention. → Kevin Ackermans 2019
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Kevin Ackermans 2019¶
Kevin Ackermans, Ellen Rusman, Saskia Brand-Gruwel, Marcus Specht. (2019). Solving instructional design dilemmas to develop a Video Enhanced Rubric with modeling examples to support mental model development of complex skills: the Viewbrics-project use case. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-019-09668-1
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Theoretical analysis in the dilemmas section. The article enumerates seven dilemmas, e.g. learner control is "deemed extraneous by Mayer and Moreno (2003)" yet "required to foster intrinsic motivation"; and Schweppe et al. (2015) found only limited retention of multimedia-learned information after one and two weeks, questioning the multimedia principle's durability.
"In general, motivational and complex skill developmental guidelines derived from 4C/ID, ARCS and Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) contradict with multimedia learning guidelines derived from the CTML"
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