Conference paper
Engaging students through multimodal learning environments: The journey continues
Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, pp.852-863
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) Conference: Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future, 27th (Sydney, Australia, 05-Dec-2010–08-Dec-2010)
University of Queensland
2010
Abstract
The innovative use of educational technologies provides higher education institutions valuable opportunities for their staff to design media enhanced, interactive, more inclusive and engaging learning environments. The key motivation for incorporating educational technologies into the curricula is unquestionably the desire to improve the engagement and learning of students. To assist with this the increasing use of multimedia in teaching has provided many opportunities to present multiple representations of content (text, video, audio, images, interactive elements) to cater more effectively to the different learning styles of an increasingly diverse student body. This paper presents the findings of an experiment to measure the impact of multiple representations of content on learning outcomes, including learning performance and engagement. While, in this study, multiple representations of content did not lead to discernable improvements in learning performance, students reported very favourably on multimodal learning elements and perceived that they had assisted their comprehension and retention of the learning material. The implication of this study for educators is to consider carefully the incorporation of selected multiple representations of key concepts, particularly those that use a combination of audio and visual content. The limitations of the experimental methodology and directions for future research are also presented for consideration.
Details
- Title
- Engaging students through multimodal learning environments: The journey continues
- Authors
- M Sankey (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandDawn Birch (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of BusinessMichael W Gardiner (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
- Contributors
- C H Steel (Editor)M J Keppell (Editor)P Gerbic (Editor)S Housego (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, pp.852-863
- Conference details
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) Conference: Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future, 27th (Sydney, Australia, 05-Dec-2010–08-Dec-2010)
- Publisher
- University of Queensland
- Date published
- 2010
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2010 Michael Sankey, Dawn Birch & Michael Gardiner. Reproduced here with kind permission of the author. The author(s) assign to ascilite and educational non-profit institutions, a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction, provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author(s) also grant a non-exclusive licence to ascilite to publish this document on the ascilite Web site and in other formats for the Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010. Any other use is prohibited without the express permission of the author(s)
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449645202621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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