Fostering Pedagogical Soundness of Multimedia Learning Materials

Fostering reflection in ICT-based pedagogical planning

This paper examines how the idea of pedagogical planning has evolved, both in form and practice, within the research work in educational technology that we have been carrying out over recent years. Specifically, it investigates two initiatives in the field of teachers’ professional development in ICT, and another undertaken as part of European research into theoretical and pedagogical framework...

Fostering Engagement in Asynchronous Learning through Collaborative Multimedia Annotation

This paper presents an experimental test of a prototype system for asynchronous distance learning. The prototype allows viewers of audio and video to create and share text annotations that are synchronized with the multimedia. We extended the system to support group exercises and conducted an experimental study with three conditions: groups working asynchronously; groups working face-to-face; a...

Integrated learning: ways of fostering the applicability of teachers’ pedagogical and psychological knowledge

In teacher education, general pedagogical and psychological knowledge (PPK) is often taught separately from the teaching subject itself, potentially leading to inert knowledge. In an experimental study with 69 mathematics student teachers, we tested the benefits of fostering the integration of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and general PPK with respect to knowledge application. Integration...

Pedagogical Agents in Constructivist Multimedia

Objectives and Theoretical Framework What are the cognitive consequences of introducing the image of a pedagogical agent in a discovery-based multimedia learning environment? How should pedagogical agents communicate with students to promote constructivist learning? In order to answer these questions, we conducted two sets of studies. First, we varied whether the agent's words were presented as...

Fostering strategies in materials design.