Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Advanced multimedia techniques offer significant potential for enhancing engineering education, but there has been little discussion of how to use them effectively in specific learning contexts.Dale developed an iconic Cone of Experience (CoE) which is a hierarchy of learning experiences ranging from direct participation to abstract symbolic expression.This CoE has been updated by the authors for today's technology and learning context, specifically focused on the use of multimedia.This new hierarchy, called the Multimedia Cone of Abstraction (MCoA), can be used as a guide to help engineering educators select appropriate multimedia for specific learning contexts.For example, the learner with little if any knowledge in a subject needs more concrete multimedia such as animations and virtual reality, while the experienced learner may prefer symbols and text.A case study will show an example of how the MCoA can be used to select multimedia including symbols, text, drawings, photographs, videos, animations, and virtual reality.In this example, the subject area is process burners which are used in refineries and petrochemical plants and the typical learners are engineers and plant operators.
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Authors: Charles Baukal, Floyd Ausburn, Lynna Ausburn
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407699161