Unterstützung multimedialen Lernens: Instruktionsdesign zur Förderung der Kohärenzbildung beim Wissenserwerb mit Texten und dynamisch-interaktiven Bildern

If multimedia learning is to be successful, different sources of information need to be integrated into coherent mental representations. In many cases, however, the presentation and use of different sources of information does not result in the construction of appropriate mental representations. Starting from various potentials and problems of multimedia learning, the theory of structure-mapping is proposed as a framework which can be taken advantage of to design multimedia learning environments which systematically encourage and support the mental integration of multiple sources of information. A multimedia learning environment for statistics is described which has been implemented according to the design principles proposed.