Role of emotional tone and gender of computer-generated voices in multimedia lessons

• Published in: Educational technology research and development Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 1449 - 1469
• Main Authors: Zhao, Fangzheng, Mayer, Richard E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Between-subjects design; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Software; Computers; Education; Educational Technology; Emotional Response; Emotions; Experiments; Females; Gender; Gender Differences; Happiness; Intonation; Learning and Instruction; Learning Processes; Males; Multimedia; Multimedia Instruction; Psychological Patterns; Research Article; Scores; Sex Role; Student Attitudes; Teacher Behavior; Narrated slideshow; Computer-generated voice; Emotion; Gender; Multimedia learning

How does the emotional tone (happy or sad) and gender (male or female) of the instructor’s computer-generated voice in a multimedia lesson affect learning processes and outcomes for female learners (Experiment 1) and male learners (Experiment 2)? In two experiments, college students viewed a 2.5 min...