Animation of complex data communications concepts may not always yield improved learning outcomes

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 42, Issue , 2005, Pages 151-154

  Dowling, Greg ^a   Tickle, Alan ^a   Stark, Karen ^a   Rowe, Jillian ^a   Godat, Meredith ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animation; Data communications; Evaluation; Instructional design; Multimedia; Redundancy principle

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT CONCEPT; ANIMATION TOOLS; BASIC CONCEPTS; COMPLEX DATA; COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS; DATA-COMMUNICATION; EVALUATION; FIRST YEAR; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; LEARNING OUTCOME; MULTIMEDIA; POST TEST; PROTOCOL DATA UNITS; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; VIRTUAL CIRCUIT;

ABSTRACTING; ANIMATION; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; DESIGN;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873508370     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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