Problem-solving in a Multimedia Learning Environment: The MILE@HOME Project

AbstractProblem-solving has been shown to be an effective teaching strategy to enhance the student learning process and inculcate students with skills to adapt to real-life situations. This paper presents the MILE@HOME project, which involved a problem-solving approach based on Cunningham, Duffy and Knuth's (1993) 7 pedagogical goals to engage students in their learning. Students worked in groups to solve a multimedia design problem. Results show that student exhibited high motivation, teamwork and enhance understanding for the project. Overall, the study showed positive encouragement of the use of such an approach in technology-backed classrooms