Artefact 5 - Evaluation

After producing a series of artefacts that were based on different methods of instruction such as the form’s that they were delivered and the mediums they were delivered on I wanted to move onto the effectiveness of these different methods.

I produced a series of PowerPoint slides that taught the users about the Olympics being held in China through different mediums such as video, text, audio, still images and web links.

Once they had digested the information I had given them, I asked them to answer some questions about the topic they had just learnt about. This method of testing was in the form of a written test containing closed multiple-choice questions. I then marked the papers to see how well they had digested the information I had given them.

I decided that I also needed to produce a questionnaire for the users to answer concerning the effectiveness of the methods and the information that they were given.

The results I gained from this were that the written and video instruction together was most effective. Written documents alongside the newer methods of teaching such as video clips and online presence helped tremendously towards teaching and learning. It was also decided that any visual forms of learning such as the images and video that were used were more effective as it put associations in their minds, which essentially allowed them to remember the information they were being given (ie: the V shaped supports on the velodrome symbolising victory).

As mentioned in previous artefacts the results were very wide spread as some of the test subjects believed that it all depended on how you best learn and take in information. All the participants agreed that the option of having a written document alongside other forms of learning had its uses but the other mediums were preferred as that was what they were now used to.

I am now going to produce a similar artefact except this time it would contain items such as feedback, hint pages and a PowerPoint test instead of the printed test paper.