The impact of AI-generated multimedia on learning and information retention
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Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is transforming education, offering new opportunities for the creation of innovative teaching tools that facilitate access to content. This study, conducted within the framework of the AVENGERS project – Artificial Video for Education: New Generation Empowerment Resource for Study – involved 66 university students and aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a GAI-generated video based on a text excerpt from the AMOS psychometric test, designed to assess comprehension, organisation, and memory skills. The objective was to compare the impact of multimedia presentation with that of traditional textual delivery. The findings suggest that educational videos generated using GAI can enhance memory retention, but are less effective in supporting the sequencing of concepts. GAI thus emerges as a promising resource for learning support, but it needs to be integrated into a broader pedagogical framework and complemented by active teaching methodologies in order to maximise its effectiveness.
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