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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Kristin E.
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMills, Caitlin
dc.contributor.authorD'Mello, Sidney
dc.contributor.authorSmilek, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorRisko, Evan F.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-08 17:56:05 (GMT)
dc.date.available2018-06-08 17:56:05 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2018-07-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.03.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/13389
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Elsevier via https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.03.011 © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractOnline education provides the opportunity to present lecture material to students in different formats or modalities, however there is debate about which lecture formats are best. Here, we conducted four experiments with 19–68 year old online participants to address the question of whether visuals of the instructor in online video lectures benefit learning. In Experiments 1 (N = 168) and 2 (N = 206) participants were presented with a lecture in one of three modalities (audio, audio with text, or audio with visuals of the instructor). Participants reported on their attentiveness – mind wandering (MW) – throughout the lecture and then completed a comprehension test. We found no evidence of an advantage for video lectures with visuals of the instructor in terms of a reduction in MW or increase in comprehension. In fact, we found evidence of a comprehension cost, suggesting that visuals of instructors in video lectures may act as a distractor. In Experiments 3 (N = 88) and 4 (N = 109) we explored learners' subjective evaluations of lecture formats across 4 different lecture formats (audio, text, audio + text, audio + instructor, audio + text + instructor). The results revealed learners not only find online lectures with visuals of the instructor more enjoyable and interesting, they believe this format most facilitates their learning. Taken together, these results suggest visuals of the instructor potentially impairs comprehension, but learners prefer and believe they learn most effectively with this format. We refer to as the Instructor Presence Effect and discuss implications for multimedia learning and instructional design.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada SSHRC) Insight Discovery Grant (70104)en
dc.description.sponsorshipCanada Research Chairs program (056562)en
dc.description.sponsorshipEarly Researcher Award from the Province of Ontario (058402)en
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant (RGPIN-2014-06459)en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectJudgment of learningen
dc.subjectLearner preferencesen
dc.subjectMind wanderingen
dc.subjectOnline lecturesen
dc.subjectSeductive detailsen
dc.titleInstructor presence effect: Liking does not always lead to learningen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWilson, K. E., Martinez, M., Mills, C., D’Mello, S., Smilek, D., & Risko, E. F. (2018). Instructor presence effect: Liking does not always lead to learning. Computers & Education, 122, 205–220. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2018.03.011en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Psychologyen
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