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60 3 Linking Learning Objectives, Pedagogies, and Technologies
• Drawing and painting programs
• Music making and accompaniment
• Music composing and editing
• Interactive video and hypermedia
• Animation software
• Multimedia composition.

3.4 Principles for the Selection of Technology
for Educational Uses

Mayer (2009) has proposed some principles of multimedia learning which can also
be used for guiding the selection of technology for educational uses. The principles
are as follows:
(1) Principle of Appropriateness

• Technology should promote the general and specific goals of the class.
• Technology should be appropriate to the intended level, including vocab-
ulary level, difficulty of concepts, methods of development, interest appeal.
• Technology should be either basic or supplementary to the curriculum.

(2) Principle of Authenticity

• Technology should present accurate, up to date, and dependable
information.

(3) Principle of Cost

• Substitutes and trade-offs of alternative solutions should be considered.

(4) Principle of Interest

• Technology should catch the interest of the learners, must stimulate
curiosity, or satisfy the learner’s need to know.
• Technology should have the power to motivate, encourage creativity, and
imaginative response among users.