The role of student-generated externalizations in strategic multimedia learning and how current (web-)technology fails to support learner engagement. Issue 7 (2nd October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ploetzner, Rolf; Fillisch, Benjamin; Gewald, Patrick-André; Ruf, Tatjana
• Is Part Of: Interactive learning environments. Volume 24:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 1610
• Page End: 1628
• Publication Date: 2016-10-02
• Subjects: multimedia learning -- web-technology -- illustrated texts -- learning strategies -- student-generated externalizations -- sketches; Educational technology -- United States -- Periodicals; 371.33
• DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2015.1041401
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-4820

Abstract

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.