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Direct linkKristi Morris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation project began with the development of a Design-Focused Approach (DFA) to First-Year Composition (FYC) curriculum largely informed by multimodal pedagogical theory. In the DFA to FYC curriculum, I highlighted the importance of multiliteracy and the demand for multiple modalities for students to effectively communicate in various…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Curriculum Design, Design, Multimedia Materials
Dawn M. Lombardi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Calls for research in multimodality and multiliteracies have provided the field of writing studies with theories and outcomes suggesting that more research is necessary in FYC students' multimodal composing processes and literacy practices. Much of the research in New Literacies Studies (NLS) focuses on students' final products. This dissertation…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Freshman Composition, Multimedia Materials, College Freshmen
Zawan Al Bulushi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The number of multilingual students is increasing every year in the U.S. educational institutions. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), the number of international students in the United States has doubled in the past ten years, from 547,873 in 2000-2001 to 1,095,299 students in 2018-2019 (NCES, 2021). This rise…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Multimedia Materials, Writing (Composition), Multilingualism
Hoffman, Daniel L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study is to better understand the role of physicality, interactivity, and interface effects in learning with digital content. Drawing on work in cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and multimedia learning, the study argues that interfaces that promote physical interaction can provide "conceptual leverage"…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Learning, Man Machine Systems
Evans-Waughen, Kristen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology resources such as podcasts allow users to connect to the World Wide Web to download audio files to listen to anytime and anywhere and are slowly being introduced in classrooms as an educational tool and as a resource in the e-learning environment. Past studies have examined the relationship between the use of technology as a teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Hypermedia, Multimedia Materials, Influence of Technology
Mayrath, Michael Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined the effects of manipulating the modality (text-only, voice-only, voice+text) of a tutorial and restriction (restricted vs. unrestricted) of a simulation's interface on retention and transfer of tutorial content. The tutorial prepared novice students to use Packet Tracer, a simulation developed by Cisco that teaches network…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Interaction, Educational Technology, Computer Networks
