Dear Dr. Rodriguez,
I removed the background soundtrack, as you suggested, and yes, it is easier to hear the narration.
I never intended for the text on the screen to be read, except maybe the largest titles, as part of this presentation to inform about my CE proposal, there is simply too much and it is mostly too small. If someone can read parts of the website, that is fine but the intention is to introduce the purpose, explore the structure, and briefly consider the value and implications of the Social Network for Second Language Learning. I hope the audience understands my proposal and plans and thinks about the technology and how it may be applied to the purpose of second language learning.
To illuminate my intent and elucidate my choices in this video, I will review some of the multi-media learning principles that were applied.
I used the multimedia principle, people learn better from words and pictures than from words alone (Fletcher & Tobias), by presenting information primarily with words and pictures.
I employed the split-attention principle, people learn better when words and pictures are physically and temporally integrated (Ayres & Sweller), in that the pictures shown at the time of the narration were representations of the content of the narration.
The redundancy principle, people learn better when the same information is not presented in more than one format (Sweller), was utilized in that text simply representing the content of the narration was not used.
The segmenting and modality principles, people learn better when a multimedia message is presented in learned-paced segments rather than as a continuous unit, and people learn better from a multimedia message when the words are spoken rather than written (Mayer), were incorporated in that the presentation is in three parts and the bulk of the information was in narration and not written.
I used the personalization, voice, and image principles, people learn better when the words of a multimedia presentation are in conversational style rather than formal style and when the words are spoken in a standard-accented human voice rather than a machine voice or foreign-accented human voice; but people do not necessarily learn better when the speaker’s image is on the screen (Mayer), by speaking in a normal conversational manner using my regular voice without electronic effects and not including my image in the presentation.
Applying these multi-media learning principles should help to improve communication and increase the viewers content knowledge while reducing their cognitive load.
However, I am not sure of the results. So, I must ask...