Chapter 6. Applying The Redundancy Principle: Explain Visuals With Words In Audio or Text: Not Both

CHAPTER OUTLINE

Redundancy Principle 1: Do Not Add On-Screen Text to Narrated Graphics

Psychological Reasons for the Redundancy Principle

Evidence for Omitting Redundant On-Screen Text

Redundancy Principle 2: Consider Adding On-Screen Text to Narration in Special Situations

Psychological Reasons for Exceptions to the Redundancy Principle

Evidence for Including Redundant On-Screen Text

What We Don't Know About Redundancy

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS CHAPTER

SOME e-LEARNING DESCRIBES graphics using words in both on-screen text and audio narration in which the audio repeats the text. We call this technique redundant on-screen text because the printed text ...

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