Incorporating Multiple Intelligence into Electronic Teaching Material in

Supports of Usability Aspect

Ariffin Abdul Mutalib

KMICE 2012 – July 2012

• Background of study• Objective• Method• Findings

• Teachers at pre-school are not well-trained• Computers are available at home – most

children have experienced using computers• Most courseware are designed for use by

children

• This study:– Design contents for assisting teachers in

kindergartens– The materials are the ultimate teacher– Teachers are the facilitators– This follows guidelines by (Ariffin, 2011)– This study calls the teaching material EliteKids.

• Objective:– To design EliteKids, a teaching material that

combines visual, auditory, and kinesthetic .– To test EliteKids with real users.

Method

This part in this paper

Animated scene area:Use of metaphor

Various media elements (audio, graphics, text, animation, colors)

Unit 1: <Activity>

Home Listen Talk Read Learn HelpLesso

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Introduction Story Song Q n A

Animated scene area:Use of metaphor

Various media elements (audio, graphics, text, animation, colors)

Unit 1: <Activity: Listen>

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Introduction Story Song Q n A

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Buttons showing the current scene being displayed. The color changes

to indicate the status in the scene

Narrated word is highlighted. All

spoken words are written here.

The audio is played:Narration, and

background music

Animated scene area:Use of metaphor

Various media elements (audio, graphics, text, animation, colors)

Unit 1: <Activity: Talk>

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Introduction Story Song Practice

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E-book

Animated scene area:Use of metaphor

Various media elements (audio, graphics, text, animation, colors)

Unit 1: <Activity: Read>

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Letter A Letter T

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Song

Sound

• Observation and interviews– 30 children in kindergartens– Teachers

Content The teachers agree with the depth and breadth of the contents. The idea of chunking the contents into topics maps the current practice.Children can associate the contents well with their existing knowledge.

Activities All users enjoy the activities: listen, read, witness /observe, speak, and move.They clap their hands, twist their body, sing together, smile, read the text, listen to the audio, and speak to others.

TextAudioVisual

The font size is important, in terms of colors, size, style, and matching with the background. In terms of the audio, it is also important. Normal children expect for the audio, but it should allow the children to control their volume. When it could be repeated, children like it even more.The standardization is important. Animations should be minimized, provided when it is necessary. Otherwise, it overloads the children’s memory

Interactivity Standardization with signpost, audio and visual alerts, obvious buttons are very important.

Language For all applications for children, the sentence structure must be simple with short sentences. Repetition is also good to support children learning, with the spoken words are written.

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