Designing and Implementing an Effective Courseware for the Enhancement of e-Learning

Wesam Karajeh,Thair M Hamtini,Meysun Hamdi

doi:10.3991/ijet.v11i04.5384

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the effect of applying the cognitive theory of multimedia learning in an e-learning environment. Three versions of a course on how to master skills in Adobe Photoshop were designed and given to a sample of (60) students to test their effectiveness. This research sample was divided into three groups. The first was an experimental group that studied the subject through Course Facilitated Multimedia Principles (CFMP), like the multimedia principle, the modality principle and the contiguity principle. The second experimental group studied the subject through Course Not-Facilitated Multimedia Principles (CNFMP), which did not apply the multimedia principle. The last group is a control group that studied the subject through traditional methods. Learning outcomes were determined by achievement test. Differences between pre and post-test scores were analyzed. The results show that the students in the first experimental group had improved their academic achievement by 53.70%, while the students in the second experimental group improved by 45.80%. Finally, the students in the control group had improved their achievement only by 30.5%. The findings affirm that CFMP has more effect on student achievement than the traditional way or the CNFMP. This is an indication that the application of the multimedia principles has improved the students' ability to comprehend, and achieved higher levels in learning. We recommend that educators should continuously examine the effectiveness of their pedagogical strategies and smartly apply technologies to enhance student's learning.

Highlights

Electronic learning (e-Learning) plays an increasingly important role in education to enhance learning and teaching activities; it refers to any instruction that is delivered via a computer and that includes content relevant to the learning feature, uses a variety of media elements to deliver the content, and employs methods to build new knowledge and skills linked to improved organizational goals
After applying the achievement test to the three groups, we found the following results which summarized in Table II; A quick glance at Table II implies that all the students in the three groups had benefited from the experiment and improved their academic achievement
The analysis of achievementtest results show that the students studying through Course Facilitated Multimedia Principles (CFMP) had improved their academic achievement by 53.70%, while the students studying through Course Not-Facilitated Multimedia Principles (CNFMP) improved by 45.80%

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Introduction

Electronic learning (e-Learning) plays an increasingly important role in education to enhance learning and teaching activities; it refers to any instruction that is delivered via a computer and that includes content relevant to the learning feature, uses a variety of media elements to deliver the content, and employs methods to build new knowledge and skills linked to improved organizational goals. Such courses may be synchronous, asynchronous, instructor-led or computer-based, or a combination of all those methods. Computer-aided learning shows the self-learning component, which means it gives feedback on how students learn by themselves and how well they retain this learning for the rest of their practical lives

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