TITLE:
The Benefits of Implementing Authentic-Based Multimedia Learning in Higher Education Institutions
AUTHORS:
Olusola-Fadumiye Titilope Olufunke, Jamalludin B. Harun, Megat Aman Zahiri Megat Zakaria
KEYWORDS:
Authentic-Based Learning, Multimedia Environment, Higher Education, Learning, Performance
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.9,
August
12,
2022
ABSTRACT: Multimedia
has become one of the most complex and diverse digital learning media for
creating knowledge and enabling a sensory learning environment that helps students to learn better and integrate information.
By emphasizing on real-world experiences, learning is intended to be
applied to students’ thought process. However, learning while having fun cannot
be isolated from the media, which makes it easy for students to access it. This
implies that the media must be able to fulfil the demands of students’
progress. According to existing learning theories, authentic-based learning
environments aid students in developing appropriate and effective
understanding. Personal relevance for the students’ perspective,
authentic-based learning environments are positioned within suitable
educational settings and the notion of an authentic-based learning environment
is based mostly on situated learning theory and may be described in terms of
the task setting of student roles. Students are always engaged in learning when
the education is creative, interactive, and challenging. Thus, multimedia
learning can create an authentic learning environment.
Instructions that are not created using multimedia theories may result
in an unproductive learning environment. This study examined some of the advantages
that students may by from employing authentic-based multimedia learning in
higher education. Internet databases with relevant information, such as SCOPUS, ERIC, Springer, IEEE, Emerald, Science Direct, Web of Science, and Google were searched.
Research on the literature acquired from web sources has demonstrated
that authentic-based multimedia learning environments provide several benefits
to students in higher education institutions. Students’ attention is sustained
as skills are reinforced because they are more engaging, fascinating, and fun
to use as well as the creation and deployment of technology to improve student
learning outcomes and the review of
student attrition and classroom engagement. This also enabled students to transmit multimedia content. To improve students’
academic performance, higher education institutions should implement
authentic-based multimedia learning in teaching and learning settings.