The Design of Web-based Multimedia Instructional Material：A Study based on Media Richness Theory

• Main Authors: Cheng-Chuan Lu, 盧正川
• Other Authors: Pei-Chen Sun
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95460299605784739075

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 資訊教育研究所 === 91 === World Wide Web (WWW) is an information platform where we can build a WBI learning community with abundant information and a cyber learning space. Hyper-text language and multimedia not only originate a new learning style, but also make a great contribution in creating a brand-new educational environment without the limits of time and space. This learning style will be the main stream in education in this century. Practically speaking, nevertheless, we’re still uncertain whether the web-based multimedia instructional materials have been presented on the webs effectively, or whether they have become worthless web pages to learners because of their illegibility. Based on media richness theory, this study deals with how rich media should be required in designing web-based multimedia instructional materials. It is done experimentally through different levels of media richness in instructional materials. The independent value in this study covers web-based multimedia instructional materials with different richness levels, while dependent valuable includes both learning satisfaction and learning effects. Results show： 1.In web-based multimedia instructional materials,no significant difference shows between media richness and learning satisfaction. 2.In web-based multimedia instructional materials, media richness doesn’t always positively correlate with the learning effects. 3.In the design of web-based multimedia instructional materials, significant correlation appears between media richness levels and instructional material contents. The conclusion above will be served as suggestions and references for both academic and business people in online teaching.