The role of student-generated externalizations in strategic multimedia learning and how current (web-)technology fails to support learner engagement

Autor: Tatjana Ruf, Patrick-André Gewald, Benjamin Fillisch, Rolf Ploetzner
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Interactive Learning Environments. 24:1610-1628
ISSN: 1744-5191
1049-4820
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2015.1041401
Popis: In two studies, we investigated how learning strategies can support learning from multimedia. In the first study, 112 students learned from a web-based learning environment. On the basis of a strategy, one group of students took typewritten notes. The second group of students wrote a summary. Producing typewritten notes did not benefit learning any more than writing a summary. In the second study, 100 students learned the same subject matter from print. On the basis of a strategy, the first group produced written notes, the second group highlighted, wrote notes, and produced sketches. The third group wrote a summary. The students who highlighted, wrote notes, and produced sketches outperformed the other students. The students who produced written notes only did not learn more successfully than those who wrote a summary. The results suggest that externalizations in general and sketches in particular may play an important role in multimedia learning.
Databáze: OpenAIRE