Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments

The literature on the use of information and communications technology over recent years has been concerned with best practices for the design of multimedia instructional materials. A range of tools and teaching materials are used to develop students’ understanding in different domains. However, evi...

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Main Authors: Yeung, Alexandra, Schmid, Siegbert, George, Adrian V, King, Michael
Format: Conference Paper
Published: UniServe Science 2009
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Online Access:https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6215
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79949
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Schmid, Siegbert
George, Adrian V
King, Michael
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description The literature on the use of information and communications technology over recent years has been concerned with best practices for the design of multimedia instructional materials. A range of tools and teaching materials are used to develop students’ understanding in different domains. However, evidence addressing the effectiveness of using multimedia, especially interactive elements, remains limited. The present study investigates how the graphics interface of an online environment can be used to effectively present first year chemistry material. In order to conduct this research we developed an online chemistry module with three different versions. Students’ performance associated with using these different versions was examined. The information gained from this study will help to improve the graphics interface of online learning environments and is likely to have a significant impact on improving student learning.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-799492021-01-04T04:09:58Z Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments Yeung, Alexandra Schmid, Siegbert George, Adrian V King, Michael 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences 1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy The literature on the use of information and communications technology over recent years has been concerned with best practices for the design of multimedia instructional materials. A range of tools and teaching materials are used to develop students’ understanding in different domains. However, evidence addressing the effectiveness of using multimedia, especially interactive elements, remains limited. The present study investigates how the graphics interface of an online environment can be used to effectively present first year chemistry material. In order to conduct this research we developed an online chemistry module with three different versions. Students’ performance associated with using these different versions was examined. The information gained from this study will help to improve the graphics interface of online learning environments and is likely to have a significant impact on improving student learning. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79949 https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6215 UniServe Science unknown
spellingShingle 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences
1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy
Yeung, Alexandra
Schmid, Siegbert
George, Adrian V
King, Michael
Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments
title Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments
title_full Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments
title_fullStr Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments
title_full_unstemmed Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments
title_short Increasing Students' Interest and Motivation through Effective Design of Online Learning Environments
title_sort increasing students' interest and motivation through effective design of online learning environments
topic 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences
1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy
url https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6215
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79949