Personalization in multimedia integrated environments: an example from an EAP course

Year 2018, Volume: 169 Issue: 2, 95 - 111, 28.09.2018

Elif Canan Onat

https://doi.org/10.1501/Dilder_0000000256

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of a multimedia presentation designed according to the researched principles in both nonpersonalized (formal) and personalized (informal) narrations concerning students’ understanding of the exam questions in a freshman year course with a focus on English for academic purposes. A nonequivalent control group design was employed in this five-week study in which a group of students were exposed to the multimedia presentation in non-personalized narration (NPN) while another group of students were exposed to the multimedia presentation in personalized narration (PN). Both groups took to the same test at the pre-stage and post-stage of the study. The design of the study also required the participants in both groups, to evaluate the language that they were exposed to in the presentation and their own learning experience, through an open ended question. The findings of the study yielded meaningful differences between the groups.

Keywords

Multimedia Presentation, Personalization Principle, English for AcademicPurposes

Personalization in multimedia integrated environments: an example from an EAP course

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of a
multimedia presentation designed according
to the researched principles in both nonpersonalized (formal) and personalized
(informal) narrations concerning students’
understanding of the exam questions in a
freshman year course with a focus on English
for academic purposes. A nonequivalent
control group design was employed in this
five-week study in which a group of students
were exposed to the multimedia presentation
in non-personalized narration (NPN) while
another group of students were exposed to
the multimedia presentation in personalized
narration (PN). Both groups took to the same
test at the pre-stage and post-stage of the
study. The design of the study also required
the participants in both groups, to evaluate
the language that they were exposed to in the

Keywords

Personalization, multimedia integrated, EAP course

References

• Ankara Üniversitesi -Ankara Üniversitesi Dil Dergisi