Developing a Motion Infographic-Based Learning System for Effective Learning

• Published in: Education Sciences
• Main Authors: Shih-Ting Tsai, Hsin-Yi Huang, Teng-Wen Chang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: motion infographic system; infographic design; elementary school; resource class; arctic oscillation; edu; socio; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10090247; https://doaj.org/article/de27fd7dbfa145228a043b8e958b4f42

The motion infographic system combines the characteristics of continuous images and the simplification of information, which can make up for the disadvantages of content in static images, and may have the advantage of deepening the impression of infographics. As Taiwan’s elementary school resource classes (elementary school pupils with mild disabilities or learning challenges) do not yet have exclusive learning content, resource class teachers prepare their own teaching content, but they cannot integrate existing learning lists and network resources. Therefore, this study designed and developed a motion infographic system to assist with resource class learning. The theme of this motion infographic system uses a very rare natural phenomenon in Taiwan, the Arctic oscillation, which in early 2016 brought to Taiwan the lowest recorded temperature on the flat ground. The study analyzed the learning effectiveness of this system applied to resource classes through an experimental and control group. The final result shows that the motion infographic system was different from the original content used in the resource class. The improvement in the academic achievement and the grasp of the image shapes of the experimental group was better than the control group, which verified that the motion infographic system can improve learning outcomes in a resource class.