TY - GEN
T1 - Do multimedia contents increase the effectiveness of learning?
AU - Vicent, Lluís
AU - Àvila, Xavier
AU - Anguera, Jaume
AU - Badia, David
AU - Montero, José A.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In an engineering online degree, contents are usually given in a few different modalities: text, hypertext, video-clips and simulators or virtual laboratories. The aim of this study is to find out about their appropriateness for learning electrical engineering. In this paper, comparative studies on what kind of contents are better for the effective learning of some technical concepts are presented. The analysis is based on pilot tests in which students are divided into two statistically equivalent groups. Students in each group study with a different modality. Then the results from the two groups are compared. Besides these tests, student's opinion polls are analyzed. The results obtained demonstrate how multimedia contents are more efficient than texts in the learning process of certain concepts. Nevertheless, problems or failures in the technology used have a very negative effect.
AB - In an engineering online degree, contents are usually given in a few different modalities: text, hypertext, video-clips and simulators or virtual laboratories. The aim of this study is to find out about their appropriateness for learning electrical engineering. In this paper, comparative studies on what kind of contents are better for the effective learning of some technical concepts are presented. The analysis is based on pilot tests in which students are divided into two statistically equivalent groups. Students in each group study with a different modality. Then the results from the two groups are compared. Besides these tests, student's opinion polls are analyzed. The results obtained demonstrate how multimedia contents are more efficient than texts in the learning process of certain concepts. Nevertheless, problems or failures in the technology used have a very negative effect.
KW - E-labs
KW - E-learning in engineering
KW - Learning effectiveness
KW - Multimedia contents
KW - Video-clips
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48749106101&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322640
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322640
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48749106101
SN - 1424402565
SN - 9781424402564
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 12
EP - 17
BT - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
Y2 - 28 October 2006 through 31 October 2006
ER -