Signaling principles in interactive learning media through expert's walkthrough

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Derlina, Juhriyansyah Dalle, Sutarto Hadi, Ariffin Abdul Mutalib, Candra Sumantri

2018 Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Vol. 19 Issue 4 Article Cited by 16

Abstract

This study analyzes the impact of signaling principles upon the effective use of interactive learning media. Normally, designers just design and develop learning media for use in schools without considering the way it eases users' tasks. Bearing in mind that signaling users while they are learning through interactive learning media is important, this study incorporates signaling principles while designing it. Thus, this paper aims to discuss the appropriate signaling principles for learning media from experts' perspective. The Iterative Triangulation Methodology was applied to achieve the aim. Altogether, activities were carried out in three phases: requirement analysis, design and development of the prototype, and expert evaluation using a walkthrough. Results revealed that although the prototype was designed by involving users, experts still discovered a number of flaws in the exercises as a result of not properly applying the signaling principles. © 2018 Anadolu Universitesi.

Affiliations

Department of Physic Education, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan, Indonesia; Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia; Department of Mathematics Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia; School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia; IT Staff of PT. Global Adhi Pratama, Jl. Meruya Ilir No. 88, Business Park Kebun Jeruk Bl E2-8s, Jakarta Barat Jakarta, Indonesia