The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning Digital and online learning is more prevalent than ever making multimedia learning a primary objective for many instructors. The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning examines cutting edge research to guide creative teaching methods in online classrooms and training. Recognized as the fields major reference work this research based handbook helps define and shape this area of study. This third edition provides the latest progress report from the worlds leading multimedia researchers with forty six chapters on how to help people learn from words and pictures particularly in computer based environments. The chapters demonstrate what works best and establishes optimized practices. It systematically examines well researched principles of effective multimedia instruction and pinpoints exactly why certain practices succeed by isolating the boundary conditions. The volume is founded upon research findings in learning theory giving it an informed perspective in explaining precisely how effective teaching practices achieve their goals or fail to engage.