title: Cross-platform learning: on the nature of children's learning from multiple media platforms.
abstract: It is increasingly common for an educational media project to span several media platforms (e.g., TV, Web, hands-on materials), assuming that the benefits of learning from multiple media extend beyond those gained from one medium alone. Yet research typically has investigated learning from a single medium in isolation. This paper reviews several recent studies to explore cross-platform learning (i.e., learning from combined use of multiple media platforms) and how such learning compares to learning from one medium. The paper discusses unique benefits of cross-platform learning, a theoretical mechanism to explain how these benefits might arise, and questions for future research in this emerging field.
authors.affiliation: MediaKidz Research & Consulting, New Jersey, USA. mediakidz@lycos.com.
authors.forename: Shalom M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fisch
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008402:Mass Media; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011050:Policy Making; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D012984:Software; D014481:United States