title: Using multimedia effectively in the teaching-learning process.
abstract: This report presents current learning theories that relate to multimedia use. It is important to understand how these learning theories apply to the instructional environment that faculty find themselves teaching in today's classroom. Textual information is often presented concurrently with visual information, but the way they are presented can improve or hinder the learning process of novice students.
authors.affiliation: College of Allied Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA. dora-digiacinto@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Dora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: DiGiacinto
mesh_terms: D016251:CD-ROM; D003071:Cognition; D032882:Comprehension; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning; D019212:Multimedia / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D033262:Narration; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States