Strategies for Information Design and Processing of Multimedia Instructional Software —Based on Richard E. Mayer's Multimedia Instructional Design Principles

Multimedia instruction means presenting words and pictures that are intended to promote learning. Since there severe limits on the amount of information processed in human working memory, multimedia instructional messages should be so designed as guide appropriate cognitive processing during learning without overloading learner’s system. To maximize learners’ information, design software must consistent with theory mechanism meaningful It is found methods like visualizing managing essential processing, reducing extraneous fostering generative devised accordance Mayer's principles, can significantly improve effect representation transmission, which, a great extent, helps curb teachers’ tendency neglect while software, thus provides insight into well software.