Learning with Animation: Research Implications for Design

The use of animations has recently become common in multimedia teaching and learning. Animations are assumed to increase interest and motivation, direct attention, illustrate procedures, and explain how things work. Recent research shows that animations are not inherently effective. Their educational effectiveness depends on how the characteristics of animations interact with the psychological functioning of the learner. Clarifying and integrating the major themes of current research, this book explores requirements for the principled design of learning resources that incorporate animation. Such materials can only be successful if their design reflects principles governing how learners develop understandings with animations, and the goal of this book is to improve the way educational animations are designed and used within a variety of learning contexts.

近年來，在多媒體教學和學習中，動畫的使用已經變得普遍。動畫被認為可以增加興趣和動機，引導注意力，說明程序，以及解釋事物的運作方式。最近的研究顯示，動畫本身並不一定有效。它們的教育效果取決於動畫的特性如何與學習者的心理功能相互作用。本書澄清並整合了當前研究的主要主題，探討了結合動畫的學習資源的原則設計要求。只有當這些材料的設計反映了學習者如何通過動畫發展理解的原則時，它們才能取得成功。本書的目標是改善教育動畫在各種學習情境中的設計和使用方式。