JET_V9_N4_RP2 Charles E. Baukal Floyd B. Ausburn Lynna J. Ausburn Journal of Educational Technology 2230-7125 9 4 15 24 Multimedia Cone of Abstraction, Dale's Cone of Experience, Instructional Design, Virtual Reality, Animation, Video, Text, Audio, Symbols, Graphics Advanced multimedia techniques offer significant learning potential for students. Dale (1946, 1954, 1969) developed a Cone of Experience (CoE) which is a hierarchy of learning experiences ranging from direct participation to abstract symbolic expression. This paper updates the CoE for today’s technology and learning context, specifically focused on the use of multimedia in education. The new hierarchy, called the Multimedia Cone of Abstraction (MCoA), has fewer primary levels than the CoE but many more total levels because of multiple potentialsublevels. The purpose of the MCoA is to help instructional designers of educational content to select appropriate multimedia for each learning context. January - March 2013 Copyright & copy; 2013 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2129