The usability of eye tracking in the design of digital training materials
Patryk Wlekły, Mateusz Piwowarski · Procedia Computer Science · 2022
The use of appropriate teaching materials is one of the basic elements of effective learning. The wide range of available materials makes it necessary for both the learner and the teacher to search for an appropriate training method in order to achieve high learning effectiveness. It is assumed that properly designed and prepared course material will be effective in terms of its reception as well as the learning process. Testing the effectiveness of the training material perception is an important argument that helps to determine their usefulness. The problem addressed in this article is how to build digital training materials to make them as useful and effective as possible for learning. For the purposes of the experiment, training materials for future drivers were developed in line with existing solutions. Visual perception was assessed using eye tracking analyses supplemented by a diagnostic survey. The results showed that digital materials containing elements such as voice commentary had a positive effect on visual perception. It was also found that an excess of text leads to a low level of effectiveness of its reception and the occurrence of the phenomenon of cognitive load.