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This chapter introduces the domain and the issues dealt with in the volume. It provides a general characterization of comprehending multimedia documents as a process that is constrained by multiple interactions between learners’ skills and knowledge, the structure and sequencing of information in the available multimedia documents, and contextual conditions such as time constraints, situational affordances, and so forth. The chapter provides an overview of the contributions presented within this book. It presents a general framework for the study of complex document comprehension, with memory processes in multimedia comprehension, and with contextual strategies in document-based learning. Finally the chapter addresses perspectives for further research on multimedia documents.
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Rouet, JF., Lowe, R., Schnotz, W. (2008). Understanding Multimedia Documents: An Introduction. In: Rouet, JF., Lowe, R., Schnotz, W. (eds) Understanding Multimedia Documents. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73337-1_1
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