The article I chose for this week is called, The effectiveness of web based, multimedia tutorials for teaching methods of human body composition analysis, by Paul R. Buzzell, Valerie M. Chamberlain and Stephen J. Pintauro. Thirty-two students were taught in three different ways, soley web-based, lecture based, and a mixture of both. They also took a pretest and posttest. They found that web based instruction was just as effective as lecture based for these topics.
The students in certain health fields have a hard time getting into labs with equipment that is already in high demand. Web based tutorials make this easier for them to learn with a somewhat hands on approach but still free up the labs.
Four multimedia tutorials were created for the health field focusing on the human body.
The rest of the article goes into detail about the specific programs.I personally think that this is a great way to teach, not only in this situation but in general. The computer tutorials in classes such as biology and anatomy were always a great help, they always showed animation of things you would not normally be able to visualize.
http://advan.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/26/1/21
2 comments:
Great job! I think that you did an excellent job of explaining web-based animation. According to what you wrote, it sounds as though this type of technology is good for the kinesthetic/ hands-on type of learners. Animation is probably one of the best ways to teach elementary students, because I have learned in one of my education classes that hands-on learning is usually the most effective for younger learners.
The article I read was similar to yours in that it also did a study of the effectiveness of multimedia. The results concluded that still graphics were just as effective as animations. As you said, I also think web-based multimedia is great, especially in science, where lab space may be limited, as well as in other classes to help visualize difficult concepts.
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