Designing Instructional Animation for Psychomotor Learning - A Conceptual Framework

Terry Lucas, Ruslan Abdul Rahim

2015

Abstract

Research on the effectiveness of animated virtual human representation towards psychomotor learning is still lacking. Recent studies show that animation is effective in learning procedural tasks. Instructional animation is a form of animation designed to educate viewers. The purpose of this paper is to lay out a conceptual design framework for studies of the instructional animation design for psychomotor learning. Three theoretical approaches are considered in constructing the conceptual framework: (1) Learning Theories; (2) Instructional Video Design; and (3) Virtual Human Representation. Together, these theoretical fields complement one another and explain different viewpoints on this complex subject. Relating to earlier studies on types of visual representation may elucidate the ways in which animation can be applied for motor skill acquisition.

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Lucas T. and Abdul Rahim R. (2015). Designing Instructional Animation for Psychomotor Learning - A Conceptual Framework . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-108-3, pages 313-318. DOI: 10.5220/0005477303130318


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@conference{csedu15,
author={Terry Lucas and Ruslan Abdul Rahim},
title={Designing Instructional Animation for Psychomotor Learning - A Conceptual Framework},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2015},
pages={313-318},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005477303130318},
isbn={978-989-758-108-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Designing Instructional Animation for Psychomotor Learning - A Conceptual Framework
SN - 978-989-758-108-3
AU - Lucas T.
AU - Abdul Rahim R.
PY - 2015
SP - 313
EP - 318
DO - 10.5220/0005477303130318