The role of student-generated externalizations in strategic multimedia learning and how current (web-)technology fails to support learner engagement |
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Authors: | Rolf Ploetzner Benjamin Fillisch Patrick-André Gewald Tatjana Ruf |
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Institution: | 1. University of Education, Institute of Media in Education, Freiburg, Germany;2. Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Oberwolfach, Germany |
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Abstract: | In two studies, we investigated how learning strategies can support learning from multimedia. In the first study, 112 students learned from a web-based learning environment. On the basis of a strategy, one group of students took typewritten notes. The second group of students wrote a summary. Producing typewritten notes did not benefit learning any more than writing a summary. In the second study, 100 students learned the same subject matter from print. On the basis of a strategy, the first group produced written notes, the second group highlighted, wrote notes, and produced sketches. The third group wrote a summary. The students who highlighted, wrote notes, and produced sketches outperformed the other students. The students who produced written notes only did not learn more successfully than those who wrote a summary. The results suggest that externalizations in general and sketches in particular may play an important role in multimedia learning. |
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Keywords: | multimedia learning web-technology illustrated texts learning strategies student-generated externalizations sketches |
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