Fostering multimedia learning of science: Exploring the role of an animated agent’s image
ARTICLE
Qi Dunsworth, Robert K. Atkinson
Computers & Education Volume 49, Number 3, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Research suggests that students learn better when studying a picture coupled with narration rather than on-screen text in a computer-based multimedia learning environment. Moreover, combining narration with the visual presence of an animated pedagogical agent may also encourage students to process information deeper than narration or on-screen text alone. The current study was designed to evaluate three effects among students learning about the human cardiovascular system: the modality effect (narration vs. on-screen text), the embodied agent effect (narration+agent vs. on-screen text), and the image effect (narration+agent vs. narration). The results of this study document large and significant embodied agent and image effects on the posttest (particularly retention items) but surprisingly no modality effect was found. Overall, the results suggest that incorporating an animated pedagogical agent – programmed to coordinate narration with gaze and pointing – into a science-focused multimedia learning environment can foster learning.
Citation
Dunsworth, Q. & Atkinson, R.K. (2007). Fostering multimedia learning of science: Exploring the role of an animated agent’s image. Computers & Education, 49(3), 677-690. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/66508/.
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Full text is availabe on Science Direct: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ765078Keywords
- Animated Pedagogical Agents
- Animation
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
- educational technology
- Human Body
- Learning Modalities
- Learning Processes
- learning strategies
- Modality effect
- Multimedia Instruction
- Multimedia learning
- Narration
- Pretests Posttests
- Retention (Psychology)
- Science Instruction
- teaching methods
- Virtual Classrooms
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