Browsing by Subject "vuorovaikutteinen oppimateriaali"

In the recent years, digital learning material has been a topic of discussion in media, both for it to be used and against it. The interest to do this thesis began from my personal need to clear up whether I should use digital learning material in my teaching work. The aim of this thesis was to find out what sort of effects digital learning materials might have on motivation and learning outcomes. The aim of this study is to provide information which might be useful to those teachers who are thinking about using digital learning materials in teaching mathematics. The type of this research is a descriptive literature review. The literature of this thesis is based on studies made mainly in the 2010’s. These studies are focused on the effects of the use of digital learning materials on motivation and learning outcomes. Based on my literature review, most of the studies showed digital learning materials to have positive effects on the motivation and learning outcomes of students. For example, digital learning materials can satisfy basic psychological needs and provide flow-experiences. Also these studies found that students’ motivation increased during the use of digital learning materials. The improvement in learning outcomes was influenced by, for example, the elements of game-based-learning and receiving immediate feedback. However, certain studies conflicted with these results and showed that the use of digital learning materials had no effect on motivation or did not cause better learning outcomes.