The best part about this article is where Tom Kuhlmann cites "thousands of other examples outside of e-learning" against those "many of you who will trot out the cognitive load arguments." As well he should; yes, music can split our attention, but a lot of the time it doesn't matter, and the rest of the time we just want a break from the endless drone of content content content. In fact, I'm listening to music now as I write this. Anyhow. The are many reasons to use audio, writes Kuhlmann: to establish some context, to cover background noise, to set a tone, to influence your viewer. Learning is more than cognitive processing, and that's what the widespread use of audio in media teaches us.
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