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Can learning of basketball be enhanced through a web-based multimedia course? An experimental study

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This study’s aim is the creation of a web-based multimedia course for Physical Education (PE) students’ familiarization with the teaching of basketball, and the evaluation of its use as a complementary tool to conventional instruction, in terms of learning effectiveness and student acceptance. The course includes multimedia learning material as well as interactive learning activities and quizzes on the cognitive components of basic basketball skills and on other basketball-related topics (history of the sport, referee’s signals, training aids, basketball court). The study involved 88 undergraduate students during one semester. They were randomly assigned to two groups: a group that used the web-based multimedia course and also attended a conventional face-to-face course on the teaching of basketball (N = 45), and another group that only attended the conventional face-to-face course (N = 43). A pretest/posttest research design was followed. For both groups basketball knowledge was measured at the beginning and at the end of the semester through written questionnaires. The responses of the students of the first group towards the web-based course were also assessed, at the end of the semester, through a written feedback questionnaire. Within both groups, significant increases in students’ basketball knowledge were found. However, the web-based multimedia course in combination with conventional face-to-face instruction was significantly more effective than conventional face-to-face instruction alone in increasing students’ cognitive learning regarding the sport of basketball, at the same time being well-accepted by the students. These findings support the effectiveness of blended learning for PE at higher education level as well as the acceptance of this mode of learning by PE students.

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The web-based multimedia course presented in this study was developed within the framework of the research project “Design, implementation and evaluation of web-based multimedia courses on topics related to physical exercise”, which was funded by the Research Committee of the University of Thessaly. The funding source had no involvement in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, in the writing of the paper and its submission for publication.

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Papastergiou, M., Gerodimos, V. Can learning of basketball be enhanced through a web-based multimedia course? An experimental study. Educ Inf Technol 18, 459–478 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-012-9186-z

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