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Gaze transitions when learning with multimedia

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Eye tracking methodology is used to examine the influence of interactive multimedia on the allocation of visual attention and its dynamics during learning. We hypothesized that an interactive simulation promotes more organized switching of attention between different elements of multimedia learning material, e.g., textual description and pictorial visualization. Participants studied a description of an algorithm accompanied either by an interactive simulation, self-paced animation, or static illustration. Using a novel framework for entropy-based comparison of gaze transition matrices, results showed that the interactive simulation elicited more careful visual investigation of the learning material as well as reading of the problem description through to its completion.

Source: Journal of Eye Movement Research

DOI: 10.16910/jemr.9.1.5

Authors: Krzysztof Krejtz, Andrew T. Duchowski, Izabela Krejtz, Agata Kopacz, Piotr Chrząstowski-Wachtel

Institutions: Uniwersytet SWPS, National Information Processing Institute, Clemson University, University of Warsaw

Language: English

Topic: Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,207