Multimedia category preferences of working engineers |
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Authors: | Charles E Baukal Jr Lynna J Ausburn |
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Institution: | 1. John Zink Hamworthy Combustion, John Zink Institute, Tulsa, OK, USA;2. Occupational Education, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA |
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Abstract: | Many have argued for the importance of continuing engineering education (CEE), but relatively few recommendations were found in the literature for how to use multimedia technologies to deliver it most effectively. The study reported here addressed this gap by investigating the multimedia category preferences of working engineers. Four categories of multimedia, with two types in each category, were studied: verbal (text and narration), static graphics (drawing and photograph), dynamic non-interactive graphics (animation and video), and dynamic interactive graphics (simulated virtual reality (VR) and photo-real VR). The results showed that working engineers strongly preferred text over narration and somewhat preferred drawing over photograph, animation over video, and simulated VR over photo-real VR. These results suggest that a variety of multimedia types should be used in the instructional design of CEE content. |
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Keywords: | Continuing engineering education working engineers multimedia category preferences text narration animation video photograph drawing virtual reality |
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