The effect of the difference between infographic designing types (static vs animated) on developing visual learning designing skills and recognition of its elements and principles

Abstract

This study aims at studying the effect of the difference between infographic designing types, static versus animated, on developing the skills of designing and producing visual learning materials, and the recognition of the design elements and its principles. The study was conducted on a sample of students of the College of Education at Imam Abdu Rahman bin Faisal University (IAU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The number of the sample students is 36, and they are among the students who are enrolled to study design and production of instructional media course (EDU195N) in the second semester of 2016/2017. The students involved are divided into two experimental groups. Group (1) consisted of 19 students who have studied the learning content through static infographics via WhatsApp platform. And group (2) consisted of 17 students who have studied the learning content through animated infographics via WhatsApp platform. In the overall, the results revealed that infographics effect the development of some learning outcomes. Besides, the results also demonstrated that static infographic type has more effects on developing skills of designing and producing visual learning materials and recognizing its elements and principles compared to the animated type. And this suggests deep consideration of integrating infographics in teaching e-courses, as well as considering the characteristics and appropriateness of each of the designing types, static versus animated when implemented in the instructional processes for better outcomes for learners.