How useful is peer-produced multimedia teaching material?

This is a follow-up study of a multimedia program developed as a student project by high school pupils. The initial study sought to determine what learners would gain from constructing multimedia programs for their peers. "Multimax" is a multimeter skills fixation simulation. The students...

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Published inCampus-wide information systems Vol. 18; no. 5; p. 204
Main Authors Cronje, Johannes C, T-H Joubert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.12.2001
Subjects
Curricula
Design
Educational software
Electrical engineering
Engineering
High Schools
Higher education
Learning
Lifelong learning
Multimedia
Multimedia computer applications
Peers
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Simulation
Student Projects
Students
Teaching
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Summary:This is a follow-up study of a multimedia program developed as a student project by high school pupils. The initial study sought to determine what learners would gain from constructing multimedia programs for their peers. "Multimax" is a multimeter skills fixation simulation. The students who designed it acquired subject skills, multimedia authoring and teamwork skills that would benefit them in the context of lifelong learning. To investigate the usefulness of the product this follow-up seeks to determine what the peers of the design team learnt when using the program. A formal, summative and dynamic evaluation of the program was designed and executed to determine its suitability for teaching multimeter skills to university engineering students. Both empirical and interpretive evaluation methods were used in a way to answer evaluation questions using both the quantitative and qualitative paradigms. It may be concluded that the objectives and outcomes of the learning opportunity are successfully reached.
ISSN:2056-4880
2056-4899
DOI:10.1108/10650740110408535