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When Learning from Animations Is More Successful than Learning from Static Pictures: Learning the Specifics of Change
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Ploetzner, Rolf; Berney, Sandra; Bétrancourt, Mireille – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
The results of three meta-analyses show that the effectiveness of learning from animations, when compared to learning from static pictures, is rather limited. A recent re-analysis of one of these meta-analyses, however, supports that learning from animations is considerably more effective than learning from static pictures if the specifics of the…
Descriptors: Animation, Pictorial Stimuli, Instructional Effectiveness, Performance Factors
Visuals, Path Control, and Knowledge Gain: Variables that Affect Students' Approval and Enjoyment of a Multimedia Text as a Learning Tool
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George-Palilonis, Jennifer; Filak, Vincent – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
As graphically driven, animated, interactive applications offer educators new opportunities for shaping course content, new avenues for research arise as well. Along with these developments comes a need to study the effectiveness of the individual tools at our disposal as well as various methods for integrating those tools in a classroom setting.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Electronic Learning