User attitude as a mediator of learning performance improvement in an interactive multimedia environment: An empirical investigation of the degree of interactivity and learning styles

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 541-583

  Kettanurak, Vichuda Nui ^a   Ramamurthy, K ^b   Haseman, William D ^b  

^a ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Ease of use; Feedback; Interactivity; Learning; Learning style; Motivation; Multimedia systems; Performance; Training; User control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA LEARNING SYSTEMS; USER CONTROL;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035323964     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0457     Document Type: Article

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