Multimedia learning and the effect of instructional modalities Aprendizaje Multimedia y el efecto de las modalidades instruccionales

Abstract

Multimedia learning is a phenomenon closely linked to the use of information and communication technologies in educational environments. Different approaches have arisen to address its characteristics, being Mayer’s position the most outstanding. A documentary investigation was carried out which consisted of a quantitative systematic review of Cohen’s Kappa coefficient (d) through which the magnitude of the effect of a variable can be determined (null, low, moderate, high). Results suggest that the effect of instructional modality is high (44% of the measurements consulted in different publications) and that research in this area decreased in the observation window. There is a very interesting fact: among all the publications analyzed only one was on implicit memory tasks, this opens up the possibility of working in this field.