ABSTRACT
This chapter will review the current situation of what is commonly called ‘multimedia learning’. This type of teaching–learning, which uses computer applications that offer different coding systems and forms of representation such as text, sound, images and animation, has become commonplace in the last few years, even though there is not much research available on the subject. In the first part of the chapter, current practice in multimedia learning is reviewed, the difficulties in finding a unified descriptive language are considered and the main developments in research discussed. In the second part, some of the diverse fields that have started to incorporate the potential offered by multimedia learning are discussed, and the necessity of developing a unified approach proposed.
