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A multimedia learning tool to engage and enhance student deep learning capabilities through the integration of an animated pedagogical agent (APA) into lecture content
Ian Creighton
Lecturer | School of Information Systems| Faculty of Information Technology
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Ian is a lecturer within the Faculty of Information Technology and has held an ongoing appointment since 2001. He is also a PhD candidate with a proposed research topic titled “Enabling students from PRC to make an effective transition to an Australian University.”
Ian has a Master of Design, majoring in Interactive Media at the University of Western Sydney. He has co-presented at the (Graphite) Second International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and South-East Asia. |
Project Summary
Designing for learning does not only involve planning appropriate curriculum, activities and assessments. I am conscious of the literal impact carried by the visual design of the lecture elements themselves.
Whether they are simple graphics or sophisticated interactive animations, they have to be as pedagogically sound as the unit content. Visual design is visual communication and the correct message has to be transmitted clearly.
I plan to use a multimedia device in the teaching of multimedia. This will attempt to:
- enhance a deeper learning environment during lecture delivery for all students
- investigate, through this animated pedagogical agent (APA), whether the perception and production of multimedia involves different mechanisms in Asian and Western minds.
Ian did a live presentation which relied on software to imbed animated talking characters into power-point. He provided a summary sheet to the audience.
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