Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia articles from September 2006

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia archives from September 2006

Effects of differential text formats on adult conceptualization of science: evidence from three disciplines.
September 22, 2006... The World Wide Web (Web), the largest multimedia system in existence, has been heralded by many as the perfect tool for lifelong learning. One topic mentioned in this regard is science, since many adults have little prior knowledge about it and...

Producing multimedia stories with ESL children: a partnership approach.(english as second language)
September 22, 2006... This article describes the development of multimedia stories produced by ESL children using a children-as-designers approach. The rationale for the project was based on the use of technology to help second-language learning children express...

Knowledge acquisition by hypervideo design: an instructional program for university courses.
September 22, 2006... This article presents an instructional program for collaborative construction of hypervideos. The instructional program integrates (a) hypervideo technology development, (b) assumptions on learning with hypervideo systems, and (c) the...

Working with an imperfect medium: speech recognition technology in reading practice.
September 22, 2006... This study focused on the read-aloud and attendant behaviors of learners working with an experimental computer-based program, which made use of speech recognition technology to provide reading practice with immediate feedback for beginning...

Web-based animation or static graphics: is the extra cost of animation worth it?
September 22, 2006... This quantitative study compared the instructional effects of two web-based animation strategies against static graphics by high and low prior knowledge participants. One strategy used animation to gain attention; the second to gain attention...

Are language learning websites special? Towards a research agenda for discipline-specific usability.
September 22, 2006... With the intention of defining an initial research agenda for discipline-specific factors in the usability of e-learning websites, this article focuses on the example of foreign language learning. First, general notions and concepts of...