TY - JOUR
T1 - The design, implementation, and evaluation of a digital interactive globe system integrated into an Earth Science course
AU - Liou, Wei Kai
AU - Bhagat, Kaushal Kumar
AU - Chang, Chun Yen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - The aim of this study is to design and implement a digital interactive globe system (DIGS), by integrating low-cost equipment to make DIGS cost-effective. DIGS includes a data processing unit, a wireless control unit, an image-capturing unit, a laser emission unit, and a three-dimensional hemispheric body-imaging screen. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the learning effectiveness of our system. A total of 105 junior high-school students from Taiwan participated in this 8-week experiment. The students were divided into three individual groups of 35 students each, with one control group and two experimental groups (EG1 and EG2). The results of one-way mixed design ANOVA indicated that participants in the experimental group, who used the DIGS, outperformed the other two groups, in the post-test as well as in the delayed test. These findings demonstrate that the proposed DIGS can effectively enhance the performance of the learners in an Earth Science course.
AB - The aim of this study is to design and implement a digital interactive globe system (DIGS), by integrating low-cost equipment to make DIGS cost-effective. DIGS includes a data processing unit, a wireless control unit, an image-capturing unit, a laser emission unit, and a three-dimensional hemispheric body-imaging screen. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the learning effectiveness of our system. A total of 105 junior high-school students from Taiwan participated in this 8-week experiment. The students were divided into three individual groups of 35 students each, with one control group and two experimental groups (EG1 and EG2). The results of one-way mixed design ANOVA indicated that participants in the experimental group, who used the DIGS, outperformed the other two groups, in the post-test as well as in the delayed test. These findings demonstrate that the proposed DIGS can effectively enhance the performance of the learners in an Earth Science course.
KW - Digital Earth
KW - Earth Science
KW - Interactive learning environment
KW - Learning outcomes
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U2 - 10.1007/s11423-018-9573-2
DO - 10.1007/s11423-018-9573-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043267362
SN - 1042-1629
VL - 66
SP - 545
EP - 561
JO - Educational Technology Research and Development
JF - Educational Technology Research and Development
IS - 2
ER -