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Fostering Multimedia Learning of Science: Exploring the Role of an Animated Agent's Image
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Dunsworth, Qi; Atkinson, Robert K. – Computers & Education, 2007
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…
Descriptors: Narration, Human Body, Educational Environment, Multimedia Instruction