Mayer Reading

While reading the Mayer article I found myself comparing the multi-media means of learning directly to the way in which I have learned to communicate with my boss.  She is 76 years young and has demanded from me that I communicate in a manner that gets straight to the point, with prior research made, and examples to supplement.  In a way her elderly years have reverted her to the young students needs found within the cognitive theory of multimedia learning.  I can never write her an email exceeding three sentences without her demanding clarification and a hard copy of what I am referring to.  The good thing is that she always wants to understand so we will enter websites together or print out hard copies in order for her to gain a "whole picture" of what I am trying to convey and then we can proceed.  Corresponding written and verbal words with pictures and examples allows her to make the clearest connection of understanding.  Applying this article to education in the classroom I would say if the technology is available then why wouldn't teachers use it in a way that appeals to this multi way of reaching students in order to increase the learning engagement of different learning styles amongst individual students in the classroom.  The key then is proper teaching training so that the multimedia methods of technology are properly implemented and used to create a coherent learning supplement or enhancement if you will, rather than a substitute for teacher engagement.