DOI: 10.5176/2251-1814_EeL13.50
Authors: Siew Hock Ow and Teck Wei Lew
Abstract:
The pervasive use of interactive multimedia technology in education has brought a dramatic change in early childhood education. The effectiveness of any interactive multimedia learning package is highly dependent on its contents design and user interface. This paper describes the instructional design of a multimedia package, AlphabetStory, for learning the alphabet. The instructional design model consisting of the five phases – analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation (ADDIE Model) was used to analyse, design, develop, implement and evaluate the contents of AlphabetStory. Kindergarten principal, teachers and children were invited to participate in the analysis and evaluation phases. Positive feedback from the preschool teachers on the package, and the 10 pre-school children who participated in the evaluation indicate that AlphabetStory is well-designed, and can assist children aged three to six years to learn the 26 letters of the alphabet, at their own pace, with fun and easily.
Keywords: instructional design, multimedia learning package, pre-school children, learning alphabet, AlphabetStory
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