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Yun Zhang; Fangzheng Zhao; Richard E. Mayer – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background and Objective: The positivity principle states that students learn better from instructors who display positive rather than negative or neutral emotions in multimedia lessons (Lawson et al. 2021a). This study extends this work by exploring the role of affective and social cues displayed by feedback providers, such as their emotional…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Psychological Patterns, Feedback (Response), Gender Differences
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Zhao, Fangzheng; Mayer, Richard E. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
How does the emotional tone (happy or sad) and gender (male or female) of the instructor's computer-generated voice in a multimedia lesson affect learning processes and outcomes for female learners (Experiment 1) and male learners (Experiment 2)? In two experiments, college students viewed a 2.5 min narrated slideshow on the formation of lightning…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Intonation, Gender Differences
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Liew, Tze Wei; Tan, Su-Mae; Kew, Si Na – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to examine if a pedagogical agent's expressed anger, when framed as a feedback cue, can enhance mental effort and learning performance in a multimedia learning environment than expressed happiness. Design/methodology/approach: A between-subjects experiment was conducted in which learners engaged with a multimedia learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Multimedia Instruction, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response
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Kim, Daesang; Kim, Dong-Joong; Whang, Woo-Hyung – International Education Studies, 2013
The main focus of our study was to investigate multimedia effects that had different results from the findings of existing multimedia learning studies. First, we describe and summarize three experimental studies we conducted from 2006 to 2010. Then we analyze our findings to explore learner characteristics that may impact the cognitive processes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multimedia Instruction, Educational Experiments, Cognitive Processes
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2012
For the thirty-fifth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Leadership
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2013
For the thirty-sixth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Discussion Groups, Content Analysis, Games