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Using Time-Compression To Make Multimedia Learning More Efficient: Current Research and Practice

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It is now common practice for instructional designers to incorporate digitally recorded lectures for Podcasts (e.g., iTunes University), voice-over presentations (e.g., PowerPoint), animated screen captures with narration (e.g., Camtasia), and other various learning objects with digital audio in the instructional method. As a result, learners are spending more time learning from audio-enhanced digital learning materials for both formal and informal purposes. In this paper, we present digital time-compression as a way to reduce the amount of time learners will spend on a learning task, while still maintaining acceptable intelligibility, pitch, and scores on important dependent measures (e.g., recall, recognition, comprehension, satisfaction). Research dating back to the 1950s is reviewed and framed in the context of multimedia learning environments. Recent research developments are reviewed and a discussion is provided emphasizing several design principles for this technology. Recommendations for future research are provided.

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    Raymond Pastore

  2. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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Pastore, R., Ritzhaupt, A.D. Using Time-Compression To Make Multimedia Learning More Efficient: Current Research and Practice. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 59, 66–74 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-015-0841-2

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