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Appropriately designed web based learning materials are thought to be more efficient than traditional ones because of interactivity and multimedia, which enable clear explanations, motivating design, active learning, instant feedback and other advantages. Our research question is whether students achieve better learning results if they learn from web based learning materials than from traditional ones. Although the research results show that students spent less time learning from traditional learning materials than students learning from web based learning materials, the differences of learning times were not significant. However, we proved significant differences in terms of gained knowledge. The students using web based learning materials performed significantly better than students using traditional learning materials.
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Bele, J.L., Rugelj, J. (2010). Comparing Learning Results of Web Based and Traditional Learning Students. In: Luo, X., Spaniol, M., Wang, L., Li, Q., Nejdl, W., Zhang, W. (eds) Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2010. ICWL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6483. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17407-0_39
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