Introduction
Related work
Emotional design of multimedia learning
Eye tracking technology in multimedia learning
Research questions and hypotheses
Method
Participants and experimental design
Learning material
Measures
Learning outcomes
Emotional state
Eye tracking
Additional dependent measures
Control measures
Procedure
Results
Preliminary analysis
Learning outcomes
Group | M | SD | F | p | |
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Retention score [max = 12] | HPED (n = 27) | 7.41 | 3.66 | 3.38 | .039 |
LPED (n = 26) | 9.69 | 3.32 | |||
ND (n = 27) | 9.15 | 3.05 | |||
Comprehension score [max = 16] | HPED (n = 27) | 8.30 | 1.79 | .83 | .439 |
LPED (n = 26) | 8.81 | 1.17 | |||
ND (n = 27) | 8.56 | 1.28 | |||
Transfer score [max = 12] | HPED (n = 27) | 3.85 | 1.10 | 8.33 | .001 |
LPED (n = 26) | 5.12 | 1.58 | |||
ND (n = 27) | 3.85 | 1.17 |
Emotional state
Eye-tracking analysis
HPED N = 27 | LPED N = 27 | ND N = 27 | F | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
Fixation duration on title [s] | 3.80 (5.99) | 2.84 (2.42) | 3.67 (3.32) | .34 | .709 |
Fixation duration on texts [s] | 138.70 (43.39) | 159.68 (41.46) | 130.08 (43.66) | 3.33 | .041 |
Fixation duration on pictures [s] | 56.42 (21.99) | 66.90 (24.47) | 55.58 (28.11) | 1.68 | .193 |
Fixation duration on pictures and texts [s] | 196.08 (59.45) | 227.14 (53.52) | 186.53 (62.79) | 3.44 | .037 |
Fixation count on title [s] | 17.48 (24.48) | 12.65 (11.71) | 15.33 (16.91) | .45 | .639 |
Fixation count on texts [s] | 584.59 (171.55) | 678.85 (157.17) | 562.74 (166.81) | 3.67 | .030 |
Fixation count on pictures [s] | 220.89 (80.06) | 267.65 (104.09) | 226.37 (110.71) | 1.75 | .180 |
Fixation count on pictures and texts [s] | 809.63 (231.65) | 948.65 (212.05) | 794.00 (247.04) | 3.58 | .033 |
Self-reports and subjective experience
HPED N = 27 | LPED N = 27 | ND N = 27 | F | p | |
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M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
Invested cognitive load [max = 9] | 6.93 (1.21) | 7.65 (0.94) | 6.44 (1.42) | 6.71 | .002 |
Perceived task difficulty [max = 7] | 4.30 (1.17) | 4.23 (0.95) | 3.56 (1.19) | 3.67 | .030 |
Interface score [max = 7] | 5.07 (0.96) | 4.96 (1.08) | 4.81 (1.36) | .35 | .707 |
Intrinsic motivation [max = 56] | 40.85 (8.17) | 42.81 (6.93) | 38.96 (6.50) | 1.87 | .161 |
Experienced task satisfaction [max = 7] | 4.93 (0.99) | 4.85 (1.01) | 4.67 (1.24) | .40 | .671 |
Expected learning outcomes [max = 7] | 3.74 (1.29) | 4.08 (1.26) | 3.96 (1.26) | .483 | .619 |