The Effect of Introducing Infographic Pattern on Developing Cognitive Understanding by Using AI Technology for University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, this study sought to determine the impact of AI-supported infographic templates (static versus animated) on academic achievement, visual thinking skills, and willingness to learn among a sample of university students. The researcher created two distinct AI-supported instructional infographic templates to determine the effect of such an independent variable on his three other primary dependent variables, namely, academic accomplishment, visual thinking skills, and willingness to learn, in order to meet his study goals. An achievement exam, a visual thinking test, and a willingness to learn scale were among the research methods used. The quasiexperimental method was used to provide the research instruments, and experimental therapy was used to a select group of students at Umm Al-Qura University. According to the findings, AI-assisted static and animated infographic templates had a favorable impact on the development of all learning aspects studied. AI-assisted animated infographics, on the other hand, had a more significant impact than AI-assisted static infographics. In light of this, the researcher concluded his research by making a number of recommendations and suggesting additional research, such as maximizing the use of AI emerging technologies and their practical application in an adaptive manner suitable for education.

A systematic review of research on artificial intelligence in higher education: Practice, gaps, and future directions in the GCC

“…Table 4 summarizes the papers analysed, including information about the AI applied, who used the AI, and what main benefits it provided. In brief, the results revealed that the main advantages of AI applications in higher education were to improve educational outcomes [3,7,12,16,18,22,27,29,30,32], to enhance institutional decision-making [1,8,14,21,26], and to advance institutional systems [2,10,23]. Moreover, the end users benefiting from the AI applications mainly were higher education institutions (n=11), instructors (n=9), and college students (n=6).…”

Enhancing Evidence-Based Practice Competence and Professional Skills Using Infographics as a Pedagogical Strategy in Health Science Students: Insights from the InfoHealth Project

“…In addition, the session also covered some basic concepts on how to use infographic design tools, including online tools like Canva ® , to help students create their infographics. The 12 tips shared with the students included: (1) identifying the target audience; (2) establishing the infographic's purpose; (3) crafting an engaging title for the target audience; (4) selecting clear and concise information; (5) effectively connecting graphical elements to tell a story; (6) emphasising the main ideas; (7) creating an initial draft of the infographic; (8) following basic principles of graphic design; (9) selecting appropriate colours; (10) testing the infographic to ensure optimal performance; (11) checking for possible typos; and (12) developing an efficient dissemination plan. In addition, in this session, teachers highlighted the importance of using evidence-based health information to create the infographic.…”

“…From an educational perspective, the use of infographics has shown its efficacy as a useful pedagogical tool in higher education teaching [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Previous studies have emphasised infographics as a pedagogical tool in the teaching of languages [12], mathematics [13,14], science [6], and technology [15], among other disciplines.…”

Use of infographics for facilitating learning of pharmacology in the nursing degree

“…For the students, it was clear that the infographic task facilitated learning about public health and the overall experience was received as positive (Shanks et al, 2017). Besides, over undergraduate students, infographics has a favourable impact on academic accomplishment, visual thinking skills, willingness to learn (Samra, 2021) and allow undergraduate students to delve into the study topics of a subject (Malik & Nakhla, 2020). Despite the multiple possibilities and uses of infographics in different educational contexts, there are no studies that have specifically assessed the usefulness of infographics to facilitate learning of pharmacology as a subject for the Nursing Degree.…”