… instructional rationale for animation? A key instructional rationale for the educational use of
animations … be learned what animations can explicitly display, namely, how change in space …

… of the wide-scale use of instructional animations, but also the … instructional animations. We
begin our discussion by examining the research into studies that have compared animations …

… types of visualization (otherwise the versions would not be comparable), (3) had no (or
only minimal) interactivity within the animation (eg, options of changing parameters so that the …

… A premise of this article is that animated visuals are a subset of instructional visuals and that
guidelines generated from the large body of research on static visuals extends to them, but …

… The finding that instructional animations are especially beneficial when the specifics of
change need to be learned certainly requires further validation. For instance, future studies could …

… , it becomes easier for instructional designers to incorporate a range of animations in …
Beyond a narrative, an animation can cue itself if there is an abrupt movement or change …

… The inherent characteristics of instructional animations and videos in depicting the state of
change can facilitate the formation of a proper conceptual model when learners are receiving …

… Furthermore, using animations to change the spatial orientations of the object may help
participants construct better internal representations, and thus reduce intrinsic load in this …

… Intuitively, animations seem more effective at illustrating the configuration and behavior …
changes of objects and their positions over time than static visualizations. In addition, animations …

… Extraneous cognitive load is the load imposed by the form the instructional material takes.
Germane … If we add an animation to study material or change the features of an existing …