Effect of hypermedia display interfaces in facilitating achievement of learning objectives

Author

Chen, Wei-Fan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2004

Abstract

This experimental study was designed to compare three different types of hypermedia display interfaces in hypermedia design. They are: (1) browser-scroll, (2) frame-based, and (3) popup-window interfaces. This study also investigated the potential interaction between the interface and students´ prior knowledge, since prior knowledge has long been considered an important learning variable for acquiring new information. 145 undergraduate students participated in the study. A statistical multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed to analyze collected data. Results showed significant main effects of the independent variables in all the criterion tests except for the treatment effect on the comprehension test.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer displays; educational aids; hypermedia; statistical analysis; student experiments; user interfaces; MANOVA; browser-scroll interfaces; frame-based interfaces; hypermedia design; hypermedia display interfaces; learning objectives; popup-window interfaces; prior knowledge; statistical multivariate analysis of variance; undergraduate students; Analysis of variance; Computer aided instruction; Computer displays; Computer networks; Data analysis; HTML; Heart; Humans; Testing; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8552-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2004.1408539

Filename

1408539