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Contiguity Principle
The contiguity principle refers to the use of visuals in any lesson. When incorporating a visual to a presentation the visual should be close to the correlating text. A picture should not be three slides away from the photo to back it up.
An example can be seen at
http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/webdesign/media/combinemediatext
In this example the text is above a map. The text describes teh possilbity that a meteor fell in the area shown on the map.
Multi Media Principle
The multimedia principle refers to icluding both words and graphics. It is said that students learn better with text and graphics. Learning and understanding are enhanced by adding pictures to text rather than presenting text alone. Example: words+graphic= learning and understanding.

Multi Media Principle
The multimedia principle refers to icluding both words and graphics. It is said that students learn better with text and graphics. Learning and understanding are enhanced by adding pictures to text rather than presenting text alone. Example: words+graphic= learning and understanding.
An example of this principle would be providing a worked exampled of a math formula with step by step instructions included in a graphic along with math lesson in e-learning format.

The contiguity principle refers to the use of visuals in any lesson. When incorporating a visual to a presentation the visual should be close to the correlating text. A picture should not be three slides away from the photo to back it up.
Multi Media Principle
text alone. ExampleExample: words+graphic= learning

The contiguity principle refers to the use of visuals in any lesson. When incorporating a visual to a presentation the visual should be close to the correlating text. A picture should not be three slides away from the photo to back it up.
Multi Media Principle
multimedia principle refers to icluding both words and graphics. It is said that students learn better with text and graphics. Learning and understanding are enhanced by adding pictures to text rather than presenting text alone. Example words+graphic= learning and understanding.

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The contiguity principle refers to the use of visuals in any lesson. When incorporating a visual to a presentation the visual should be close to the correlating text. A picture should not be three slides away from the photo to back it up.
Multi Media Principle
The multimedia principle

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Personalization is using conversational tone or a user-friendly tone in the lesson by emphasizing personal aspects to the lesson.
When using a storyboard to teach students a lesson, include words like "you" and "I" .
Contiguity Principle: The contiguity Principle refers to use of visuals in any lesson. The easiest way to describe this is when creating a presentation and using visuals wether static or dynamic to enhance leaning, be sure to have the visuals close to the text information. To have text explaining a concept then include a picture to help explain it 3 slides away only enhances confusion in the learner.