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  • 44 - Multimedia Learning from Multiple Documents

  • from Part VIII - Multimedia Learning with Media
  • Edited by Richard E. Mayer, University of California, Santa Barbara, Logan Fiorella, University of Georgia
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning
    Published online:
    19 November 2021
    Print publication:
    09 December 2021, pp 521-536

  • Summary

    Multimedia learning from multiple documents involves the construction of new knowledge, beliefs, or opinions from more than a single source of information. First, we introduce the specific discourse processes that come into play when considering multiple-source documents as opposed to single-source texts or multimedia documents. We focus on the definition and role of sources, and on the semantic and rhetorical relationships at an intertextual level. Then we examine learning from multiple documents from a cognitive standpoint. We define two core principles: the sourcing principle and the multiple document integration principle. Finally, we examine some implications of these principles for a general theory of text-based learning and for instructional practice throughout the K12 and higher education curricula.