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It’s nice to find references that relate to my topic. This week I’ve found some really good research that I think will really help in my AR topic. My methods are a little wacky though. I find that if I go to Google Scholar and type in the topic I come up with a great selection of relevant material. The problem is that Google Scholar sources are usually not free and require memberships for the complete version. The wacky part is that I can take the title or author and enter it in EBSCOhost and a good portion of the time the reference is there!
Reading 1 by Apperson, J., Laws, E., & Scepansky, J.:
Instructors taught the same course for two successive semesters. One semester they used traditional straight lectures, while in the second they added PowerPoint presentations. While one group did not outperform the other, it was found that students preferred the lectures with PowerPoint presentations and the likeability of the lecturer increased as well.
Reading 2 by Dey, E., Burn, H., & Gerdes, D.:
In this study there were three groups. The first group viewed the lecture being presented entirely online with slides. The second group watched the lecture live, with the same slides presented to the first group. The third group watched only the slides online with the lecturer’s voice but no physical presence. It was found that the online students did better remembering equation heavy content that was in the slides then their counterparts who viewed the slides in class while the professor lectured. It seemed that the second group focused more on the lecture and less on the content of the slides.
Reading 3 by Susskind, J.:
Students were lectured for five weeks. One group received straight lectures, while the other had the lectures presented along with PowerPoint slides. They had their first exam, and then the next five weeks the groups were switched. They too were given an exam. When asked students said they preferred the lectures given along with the PowerPoint presentation. They felt that the lectures were more organized and the lecturer did a better job when using the presentation. Sadly, performance was not enhanced on the exams in the portions utilizing both lectures and PowerPoint presentations.
Reading 4 by Bates, A.W.:
The author questions whether changes in the way teachers deliver education will necessarily be good or bad or will they merely be different? Media in the classroom allows instructors to present information in many different ways. Using media enables learners to experience a more enhanced, visual understanding of a subject then just receiving information verbally. It would be ideal if teacher, technology and student were balanced and complemented one another.
Well, that was my reading for week 2. As I did last week, I am including a link to my AR Resource page for anyone who would like to use the resources that I found.
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