The impact of interactivity on Students´ results when passing through an e-learning course
Milan Turčáni, Martin Magdin · 2012
Professionals in pedagogy and psychology have been dealing with the issue of employing interactive medial elements within the framework of educational process for the development of students´ cognitive and intellectual capacities for a rather long time. The importance of interactivity increased mainly after the implementation of an e-learning support of education, as its standard complement designed not only for the development of knowledge, but also students´ skills. In the contribution the impact of interactivity on students´ results obtained within academic years 2009/2010 - 2011/2012 while passing the subject Computer Architecture is described. In this period we executed a series of experiments focused on the evaluation of quality and method of instruction using a linear way of presenting study material (with and without a limiting condition) in an e-learning course, into which interactive animations were implemented. All experiments were verified in advance by means of a modelling tool – Petri nets. By means of this tool we expressly identified an ideal transition through the e-learning course. Results of these experiments as well as the comparison from the point of view of effectiveness of their employment are presented in the contribution. The impact of interactivity on the quality of study results obtained based on the method of presentation of study material by individual students has been proved.