Rosenberg+Quote,+Page+57

Rosenberg, M. (2001) e-Learning: Strategies for delivering knowledge in the digital age. McGraw-Hill, p. 57.

“Great instruction without multimedia may be more effective than great multimedia without solid instructional design.”

Similar to the instructor that puts all his lecture notes in a PowerPoint presentation and then reads from it, is the text-based instruction with distracting graphics presented online. When graphics are introduced, the learner’s processing power is divided and if the imagery does not quickly provide a visual understanding of the concept discuss either verbally or in writing, the multimedia (no matter how well done) slows down learning.