Examining the effect of learners' gender on their learning achievement: Proposing a multimedia courseware

Abstract

Although the use of multimedia web design in education has drawn the interest of instructors in the modern learning process, the role of gender in such a process has not yet explored properly. The purpose of this research is therefore to evaluate the effects of gender on learners’ achievements when studying from the proposed platform. Therefore, multimedia courseware was built at the very early stage. Then, the students were divided based on their gender into two groups (male and female). The learning performance of each group gets compared using t-test. Result showed that no significant difference occurs between the two groups. This means that the proposed design is equally fitting the learners of both genders. In addition, the result obtained has shown that gender has no effect on learners' output. In conclusion, this study provides a guideline for the design of multimedia courseware. It contributes to the theories of gender and learning to come up with a clear understanding of the type of design elements that can be used for positive learning experience.