Critérios informacionais para elaboração de conteúdo instrucional para a web com base nos princípios de aprendizagem multimídia

Abstract

Technology allows the development of instructional content in different supports and formats, including audio, text, video and animations, which affect the ways humans interact with information and learn. It is important to understand these influences in order to adapt multimedia technology to enhance human learning. Richard Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML) presents principles to which multimedia instructional material should conform to facilitate learning, built upon an understanding of how people learn. Empirical studies in the areas of psychology, education, technology and others have sought to validate these principles and test their implications in the learning process. The aim of this research is to identify informational criteria, based upon a systematic review of the literature about the consistency of principles advocated by CTML, to be used in the creation and adaptation of multimedia instructional material on the Internet, in order to maximize learning experience and specialized knowledge cognitive transfer. From these findings, the multimedia instructional material of Field Day on TV program is analyzed and adaptations are suggested to improve the knowledge and technology transfer process throgh the web. Finally, a list of recommendations to support the creation of new instructional contents is organized to increase the effectiveness of the use of multimedia resources to enhance learning experience and specialized knowledge diffusion.