MISCONCEPTIONS MULTIMEDIA

Quantity not quality

Rich multimedia environments will not automatically give rise to large amounts of cognitive processing and in this way elaborate knowledge structures will be created.

Technology is the key

Multimedia is mainly constituted by information technology, mainly a subject of information scientists and engineers, there is only one multimedia level to be taken into account.

Magic tool

Technical means necessarily have an impact on learning. To make learning supported by multimedia effective is not neccesary the interrelation between content, instructional message and the learner's cognitive system.

Be careful

The ideas presented above are false, this type of myths affect the learning process, the truth of a new tool should always be investigated in reliable sources