Optimising cognitive load and usability to improve the impact of e-learning in medical education

Davids, Mogamat Razeen; Halperin, Mitchell L.; Chikte, Usuf

doi:10.7196/ajhpe.659

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“…The above work clearly emphasises the usefulness of adopting mental workload with traditional usability assessment methods for explaining user experience and user engagement. The constructs of mental workload and usability have been jointly mentioned in an article to better design e-learning artefacts in medical education [87]. Nonetheless, the above contributions are mainly theoretical with little empirical value.…”

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Experienced mental workload, perception of usability, their interaction and impact on task performance

Longo¹

2018

PLoS ONE

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Past research in HCI has generated a number of procedures for assessing the usability of interacting systems. In these procedures there is a tendency to omit characteristics of the users, aspects of the context and peculiarities of the tasks. Building a cohesive model that incorporates these features is not obvious. A construct greatly invoked in Human Factors is human Mental Workload. Its assessment is fundamental for predicting human performance. Despite the several uses of Usability and Mental Workload, not much has been done to explore their relationship. This empirical research focused on I) the investigation of such a relationship and II) the investigation of the impact of the two constructs on human performance. A user study was carried out with participants executing a set of information-seeking tasks over three popular web-sites. A deep correlation analysis of usability and mental workload, by task, by user and by classes of objective task performance was done (I). A number of Supervised Machine Learning techniques based upon different learning strategy were employed for building models aimed at predicting classes of task performance (II). Findings strongly suggests that usability and mental workload are two non overlapping constructs and they can be jointly employed to greatly improve the prediction of human performance.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experienced mental workload, perception of usability, their interaction and impact on task performance

Longo¹

2018

PLoS ONE

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“…The majority of e-learning research studies focus on the information quality rather than the design's usability [26], [27]. The main problem faced by e-learning designers is the creation of sophisticated technologies that allow learners to easily endure their learning activities regardless of time or location [28]. According to [29], the interface is the most important aspect in the user's first impression.…”

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“…Interaction (HCI) is mostly accomplished using interfaces. This defines the e-learning tool's learning environment [28]. In the e-learning environment, interface design has an impact on the student and instructor's ability to collaborate effectively [30].…”

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Usability Perceptions of the Madrasati Platform by Teachers in Saudi Arabian Schools

Shishah¹

2021

IJACSA

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saudi Ministry of Education launched the Madrasati Platform for distant teaching and learning for schools. Therefore, recognizing the design and the usability challenges that are linked to this new platform is significant. This paper reports the results of a study that examines the usability level of the Madrasati Platform from the perspectives of the schoolteachers in Saudi Arabia. It also investigates the usability issues that teachers faced when using the platform. A total of 759 teachers responded to the Computer System Usability Questionnaire (CSUQ). Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with ten teachers. The findings of the study indicated that the usability of the Madrasati Platform for the schoolteachers is inadequate and needs to be improved further. Navigation issues were the most reported issues by the participants. Finally, the paper presents some recommendations for improving the usability and experience with the Madrasati Platform.

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“…Thus, usability must also be taken into account [38]. Poor usability limits the potential benefit of educational resources since students could experience, at the same time, difficulties with the technological interface, along with the challenges of learning the contents presented [14] But even though usability plays an important role [55], with exceptions [53], this aspect has not always been considered despite playing a crucial role in the effectiveness of educational technologies.…”

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Augmented reality and education in electronics: Relationship between usability, academic performance, and emotions experienced in learning

Álvarez‐Marín,

Paredes‐Velasco,

Velázquez‐Iturbide

et al. 2023

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Students often find difficult to understand the concepts and working details of electricity because its mechanisms of operation are invisible. The visualization of electricity through an augmented reality (AR) app could assist students in understanding these concepts more intuitively and in improving their academic achievement. Due to the lack of studies on AR apps for electricity education, this study aimed to investigate the effects of an interactive AR app designed for teaching electrical circuits on students. The study investigates its impact on students' academic performance, explores its influence on their emotions, and examines the relationship between the perceived usability of the app and the student's learning outcomes and emotional experiences. The study was conducted in an electromagnetism laboratory with the participation of 28 engineering students. The findings revealed that the students who used the augmented reality application presented a better academic performance than those who participated in the traditional laboratory. Except for the students in the experimental group feeling less shame, there were no discernible variations between the students' feelings in the two groups. Anxiety increases in both groups. The AR application proved to have usability rated as good, but it was not evident that it correlated with academic performance, or the emotions students experienced. Only one relationship was determined between the perceived consistency of the system and hopelessness.

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Optimising cognitive load and usability to improve the impact of e-learning in medical education

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Experienced mental workload, perception of usability, their interaction and impact on task performance

Experienced mental workload, perception of usability, their interaction and impact on task performance

Usability Perceptions of the Madrasati Platform by Teachers in Saudi Arabian Schools

Augmented reality and education in electronics: Relationship between usability, academic performance, and emotions experienced in learning

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