Multimedia effects on AIL

As part of Master's dissertation, a survey of 300 undergraduate and graduate students from universities in three countries, UK, India and Kenya, studying arts and humanities and social sciences, was conducted. The aim was to survey 100 students from each country to obtain varied responses, which could attempt to represent the student body to an extent. Students from various universities in each country were invited to participate in the survey to ensure a wide range of responses, including academic and artistic students in each region. The findings from the survey informs students multimedia preferences in academic information literacy instruction and identifies the key barriers affecting students’ capabilities for multimedia learning. Finally, it discusses the current & future trends of multimedia influence on pedagogical instruction.
The purpose of the survey was to evaluate the effectiveness of multimedia in teaching academic information literacy.