This TED-Ed video “3 Tips on How to Study Effectively” does a beautiful job using the multimedia learning principles to make studying feel simple and doable. Something that we could all use. The animation and narration work together perfectly, showing Mayer’s dual-coding principle in action. Listeners hear the tips while seeing visuals that explain them, which helps the ideas stick. The video also follows the modality principle by using a clear voice instead of too much on-screen text, so you can focus on what’s being said without getting constantly distracted or bombarded. Everything in the video feels purposeful. There is no extra graphics or noise which fits the coherence principle.

Each section is easy to follow because the video uses clear signals and transitions. When it introduces ideas like “interleaving,” “spacing,” and “testing,” it highlights them visually and explains what they mean first. That’s pre-training. It gives you context before going deeper. The three tips are also presented one at a time, which follows the segmenting principle. This pacing helps you process each idea before moving to the next, instead of throwing everything at you all at once.

What ties the video together is the tone. It feels friendly, but not boring like a lecture. The narrator speaks directly to you in a natural, conversational way, which supports the personalization and voice principles. By combining clear visuals, smooth pacing, and a human tone, the video makes effective study habits feel practical and easier to remember when you actually sit down to study.

Hopefully this videos helps everyone study a little more effectively, it sure helped me.