Effectiveness of Instructional Design Principles Applied to Learning and Retention in Multimedia Learning Environments

Document Type : Scientific - Research

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, and a member of the faculty of Payame Noor University of Tehran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Education and Faculty Member, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

3 Assistant Professor of Statistics and Faculty Member of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of instructional design principles applied to learning and retention in multimedia learning environments. This is an experimental study with pre-test and post test design. Statistical population consisted of all students majoring at Educational Sciences at BoukanPayameNoorUniversity (N=540). The sample included 180 students (110 male and 70 femal), assigned by simple random sampling to experimental (n=90, 55m, 35f) and control (n=90, 35m, 35f) groups. Instruments: learning and retention were measured by pre test and post test on Statistics.  The formal validity of measures was confirmed by academics with relevant expertise in measurement and statistics. Compliance to instructional design principles was measured by software based on Van Merriënboer and Kester's (2005) 14 instructional design principles was measured. Data were collected by a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Results showed that the application of instructional design principles had a significant impact on increasing learning and retention in experimental group (p  0.01).

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