(2044) STUDENT-GENERATED MULTIMEDIA AND ITS EFFECTS ON LEARNING

摘要

The majority of modern day children are constantly engaged in social media, which, as manyresearchers have observed, makes children comfortable using a variety of technology tools. This“know-how” can be utilized in teaching and learning core curriculum concepts that are traditionallydifficult to comprehend and consequently difficult to apply [5].One of the emergent areas of research is the effect of student-generated multimedia on learning. Forthe last 15 years many researchers have studied multimedia design and its role in education.However, Dr. Richard Mayer has made the most significant contributions to the areas of cognition andmultimedia effects on learning. According to Mayer [8] multimedia presentation consists of coordinatedverbal and visual images. In “Principles of Multimedia Design” Mayer provides empirical evidence thatwell-designed multimedia presentations “result in higher transfer and retention performance for certainkinds of learners” [8]. A few studies have suggested that allowing students to use multimedia tools inthe project based learning environment will allow students to expand on their creativity and improvetheir critical thinking skills [1][12]. Researches argue integrating multimedia into the learning processaffords for deeper learning than text-based or lecture based teaching methodology [5].This paper will explore several major studies and theoretical works that deal with multimedia effects onlearning. It will also present a synopsis of research findings on student-generated multimedia and howit affects comprehension, motivation and student engagement. This new and emerging area of studyrequires more experimental research. However, by highlighting several key areas this paper will notonly suggest areas for further review but also propose a study to further investigate the effects ofstudent generated multimedia on learning and comprehension.