Multimedia Learning Object applied to mobile devices: a proposal for Science Teaching in Youth and Adult Education

Abstract

In this article, we bring the results of research whose objectives were: i) to investigate if the use of the printed Multimedia Learning Object (MLO) could influence the motivation of the student who uses it and if this motivation would be enough for the student to read it, in advance, the content to be worked on in the classroom; ii) evaluate if it would be possible to use Mobile Devices (MD) as a didactic resource in the classroom and beyond, and what would be the possible implications of this use for the teaching and learning process of Physics. Combined with research in the field of Mobile Learning, the MLO was developed in light of studies in the area of Cognitive Load Theory and Multimedia Learning Theory. Such MLO was applied for Science Teaching (Physics) to students of Youth and Adult Education. The research was referenced according to the Diffusion of Innovation Theory; through it, we verified an increase in the motivation of the students in the use of the MLO, to the point of generating a stimulus in the anticipated study of the content worked in the classroom, in addition to the significant increase achieved in Newtonian conceptions.