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In this part, I will be analyzing the HP5 multimedia interactive video on the understanding of multimedia learning principles and the learning theories related to it. The multimedia learning principles helps in providing the methods of amplifying the effects of the presentation content on the audience in different ways. There are many multimedia learning principles and it is impossible to include each and every one into a single multimedia content. As, different principle indicates to different kind of uses and manipulating the media content. For an instance, many principles focuses on the importance of narration with the words and video while some focuses on the collaboration of the text with narration while using images as well.

In the same way, the earlier H5P interactive multimedia video includes a single multiple-choice question embedded in the video. It aims towards helping in learning more and interacting with the media content in real-time. The integration of multiple choice question with images converts the simple video into multimedia objects. However, in this updated version of the HP5 video. There are two multiple-choice questions which are in the beginning and in the middle of the whole video. In this particular way, the presenter of the video can learn that whether the audience paying attention to the video and its content or not. In this multimedia object which is HP5 video, the signalling principle and redundancy principles are used which signifies the use of graphics and highlighting the on-screen text for better understanding. While in terms of the learning theories, the dual coding and cognitive theory apply to these multimedia objects. These learning theories and multimedia principles provide a better way to present the visual and audio content to achieve more attention from the audience.

The learning theories which related to the data visualization is the cognitive theory which indicates towards the two separate channel by which an audience or an individual approach to the content which are auditory and visual. In this way, the individual can process, filter and sort the information from the presentation. The data visualization which I mentioned here is related to the both visual and audio content for better understanding. Similarly, the dual coding theory signifies the same kind of learning approach where visual and audio channel are to be used simultaneously for better understanding of the content. It is also perceived the singular approach towards the learning methods always leads to less understanding. For an instance, if the presenter focus on only audio channel. The audience might felt is a lengthy and boring presentation as it become hard to grasp the content of it. In the same way, if the visuals are used for presenting the content. It will become hard to understand as visual can only be helpful in providing short content of information.

This leads us towards the multimedia learning principles which are used in the data visualization example i.e. H5P interactive video.  The multimedia principles which are used in it are signaling principles and redundancy principles. In the signaling principles, the video highlights the essential material added in it by asking the multiple choices questions. While in the redundancy principles, the uses of the on screen text and graphics is clearly highlighted for the audience to learn better from graphics and audio within the video.