Web-based e-learning environments in Taiwan: The impact of the online science flash program on students’ learning

This chapter reports on a web-based, multimedia, flash science learning program that focuses on helping students develop an understanding of water pressure through online e-learning environment in Taiwan. The study examines the learning environment created during use of this online flash science program in their science classes and also investigates its impact on students’ cognitive and affective learning outcomes among different learning styles and grade levels. The results focus on three aspects: how the www flash science program promotes students’ science concept learning; how students’ feel about their satisfaction with learning with the www flash science program; the type of learning environment created during the use of this online flash science program in science classes; and associations between students’ cognitive learning outcomes, satisfaction with web-based learning, web-based computer-assisted learning, and perceptions of science classroom learning environments.