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Hamzaoglu, Harika; Koçoglu, Zeynep – Educational Media International, 2016
The present study was designed to investigate: (a) the effect of podcasts in EFL students' oral performance, (b) the effect of podcasts in EFL students' speaking anxiety, (c) the relationship between speaking anxiety and oral performance, and (d) EFL students' perceptions of using podcasts. This study was conducted in a high school in Istanbul,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Speech Communication
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Connors, Sean P.; Sullivan, Racheal – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2012
This article recounts what happened when one of the authors, a pre-service teacher, introduced a digital multimodal composition project in her 9th-grade inclusion English classes to support junior high students as they read the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". Rather than regard new literacies as competing with print literacy for attention, the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Language Arts, Secondary Education
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Rodicio, H. Garcia; Sanchez, E. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Learners are usually provided with support devices because they find it difficult to learn from multimedia presentations. A key question, with no clear answer so far, is how best to present these support devices. One possibility is to insert them into the multimedia presentation (canned support), while another is to have a human agent provide them…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Tutoring, Intermode Differences
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Johnson-Glenberg, Mina C.; Birchfield, David; Usyal, Sibel – Educational Media International, 2009
We present a new and innovative interface that allows the learner's body to move freely in a multimodal learning environment. The Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Laboratory ("SMALLab") uses 3D object tracking, real time graphics, and surround-sound to enhance embodied learning. Our hypothesis is that optimal learning and retention occur when…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Intermode Differences, Learning Modalities, Computer Interfaces