Effectiveness of Audio Information for Note-taking and Learning Activities during a Fully Online Course

Audio information plays a key role in the learning environment. The effectiveness of audio information on note-taking and learning performance was examined using survey data from a fully online course. First, metrics of note-taking activities were measured using the relationships between these lexical features, and their contributions to learning performance were then examined. In particular, the effectiveness of learning materials presented as slide contents or audio information was compared. Second, some relationships between these metrics and the scores of learning performance evaluations were analysed, and the effectiveness of audio information was qualified using regression analysis. The results indicate that audio information significantly affects both the contents of notes taken and learning performance.