To further convey my Core Multimedia Skills, I chose to reproduce my video on “How to Format a Business letter”. In doing so, I added additional information and made it interactive by adding elements such as multiple-choice questions and additional text. 

The first principle added was the segmenting principle as I included multiple choice questions after different topics of the business letter. This allows for the learner to enhance their understanding and memory of the concepts as they are rehearsing them. This was so crucial as an important aspect of Business Letters are details and therefore having the multiple-choice questions to test on these details, prove very beneficial to the learner. 

Adding the multiple-choice questions also added immediate feedback to the learner (feedback principle) which checked their current understanding. The multiple choice allowed for active learning as it actively engaged the students in my presentation through hands-on skill-building.

To ensure that the information I was explaining to the listener moved from sensory input to long term memory, I utilized the Dual Coding theory by not overloading one mean of information and having both visual and verbal information. I spoke to different points and insight that was written on the PowerPoint which allowed for the redundancy principle to be utilized. 

I included the worked examples principle and tried to reinforce throughout the updated video that the example was included for reference, so that at any point the learner could pause the video to look at it. In addition, the signalling principle was demonstrated once the multiple-choice questions and the text box were added because they highlighted key aspects of the Business Letter that I wanted the learner to take away. 

To avoid “Death by PowerPoint”, I utilized the Cognitive Load Theory by only having one main idea per slide and a maximum of 6 objects per slide but also using the verbal channel to help the learners remember more. Lastly, I varied the tone of my voice while presenting, and paused during transition points for the personalization principle to have an effect. 

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