Thesis Topic Details
Topic ID: |
3068 | |
Title: |
Designing effective instructional animations | |
Supervisor: |
Nadine Marcus | |
Research Area: |
HCI, Learning and Teaching, Psychology | |
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Assessor: |
Paul Ayres | |
| Topic Details | ||
Status: |
Active | |
Type: |
Research | |
Programs: |
CS CE BIOM BINF SE | |
Group Suitable: |
No | |
Industrial: |
No | |
Pre-requisites: |
Completion of a Human Computer Interaction or Psychology course is essential. An ability to conduct a basic scientific study and a willingness to do some background reading into Cognitive Load Theory is needed. Skills in producing basic graphics/animation will also be needed. | |
Description: |
This project will involve creating and comparing two simple websites/applications/tasks with and without animation. Some user data will then need to be collected and statistically analysed to establish conditions under which animation is most useful. There will be a focus on comparing animations for human movement based tasks with those for mechanical tasks. A credit grade or higher are needed for an HCI or similar course. Some recent publications in this domain that include data from a few of my honours students are as follows: Wong, A., Marcus, N., Ayres, P., Smith, L, Cooper, G., Paas, F. & Sweller, J. (2009). Instructional Animations can be Superior to Statics when Learning Human Motor Skills. Computers in Human Behaviour, Vol 25(2), p 339-347.; Ayres, P., Marcus, N., Chan, C. & Qian, N. (2009). Learning Hand Manipulative Tasks: When Instructional Animations are Superior to Equivalent Static Representations. Computers in Human Behaviour, Vol 25(2), p 348-353.; Van Gog, T., Paas, F., Marcus, N., Ayres, P., & Sweller, J. (2009). The Mirror Neuron System and Observational Learning: Implications for the Effectiveness of Dynamic Visualizations. Educational Psychological Review, 21(1), 21-30. |
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Comments: |
This topic will be co-supervised by Dr Paul Ayres an expert in instructional animations within the School of Education Studies. | |
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