Redundancy Principle in Multimedia Learning: Examining its Effects on the Elderly

• Main Authors: Lee, Pei-Ling, 李佩陵
• Other Authors: 許惠美博士
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34210621312196097267

碩士 === 佛光大學 === 學習與數位科技學系 === 98 === Based upon“ Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning” and “ Cognitive Load Theory ”, this study intends to examine whether the Redundancy Principle is suitable for the elderly. This study would like to answer three research questions: 1. In the retention test, do elder adults learn better from animation and narration than from animation, narration, and text? 2. In the transfer test, do elder adults learn better from animation and narration than from animation, narration, and text? 3. Whether the Redundancy Principle applies to elder adults? The statistic methods for data analysis include: homogeneity of within-class regression coefficient, one-way ANCOVA, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation. This study recruited elder adults who were more than fifty-five years old and with at least senior high school degree. Each participant participated in the retention test and the transfer test after watching the learning video. The research findings are as follow: First, there is no significant difference in the retention test score between the elder adults who received animation with narration and text and those who received animation with narration. Second, there is no significant difference in the transfer test score between the elder adults who received animation with narration and text and those who received animation with narration. Third, Redundancy Principle does not seem to apply to the elderly. The suggestions of this study are as follows: First, there should be sub-groups among the elderly. Second, cultural differences should be considered in the future studies. Third, the subject of the multimedia material should be interesting and relevant to elder adults. Finally, in addition to watching the multimedia materials, discussion should be included in the learning activity.