During my e-learning activities in this course, I realised providing both text information and images can stimulate students' learning. I as a student also receive a benefit from these types of applications.
To maximise the ability to present information, the volume of text should be considered. When I explored Leaf Structure, it did not start with an introductory part although its next page showed a vast amount of reading. The image was also not helpful for interactive learning.
BBC's Science & Nature (organs game) gave me an interesting learning experience. This application shows inner body functions as well as the structure of human bones. The provided images of human organs on the application were authentic and realistic. What you can do with this is to drag and drop each of organs to understand where it needs to be on our body. When you think where each of them needs to go, you can also see it from another angle, which fully makes use of web-based interactive function. Also, the volume of text was appropriate on this application.
Hence, the use of objects and animations for education is capable of enhancing students' learning when providing : 1) giving authentic experience thorough on-line learning; and 2) a good balance of text volume and image. In my view, these applications seem to be suitable for science to promote engaging type of learning.
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