Examining the Effectiveness of the Approach of Visual Metaphor Instructional Design for Management Education: A Multi‐Aspect Theoretical View of Flow Experience and Perceived Task Value.

Background: Visual metaphors (VMs) have gained significant attention from cognitive linguists for their ability to help learners understand linguistic structure. However, few studies have explored how incorporating a VM‐supported instructional design can help instructors elucidate the abstract conce...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 1 - 22
Main Authors: Lin, Ying‐Lien, Wang, Wei‐Tsong, Kuang, Shih‐Ying
Format: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2025
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          Lin, Ying‐Lien
          Wang, Wei‐Tsong
          Kuang, Shih‐Ying
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          Management Education
          Metaphor
          Visual Perception
          Learning Methods
          Outcomes of Education
          Students, Undergraduate
          Business Education
          Audiovisuals Utilization
          Motion Pictures
          Drawing
          Text Messaging
          Human
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Clinical Trials
          Teaching Methods
          Educational Theory
          Surveys
          Self-Efficacy
          Task Performance and Analysis
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          Narratives
          Autonomy
          Attention
          Happiness
          Memory
          Academic Performance
          Knowledge
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          Female
          Adult
          Scales
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      ab: Background: Visual metaphors (VMs) have gained significant attention from cognitive linguists for their ability to help learners understand linguistic structure. However, few studies have explored how incorporating a VM‐supported instructional design can help instructors elucidate the abstract concepts of the business model canvas (BMC) to enhance student learning. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate undergraduate students' learning of the BMC via the use of instructional videos that incorporate VM procedures, animations, texts and drawings. Methods: This study applies flow theory to the development of the proposed research framework, and a quasi‐experimental design was employed with 185 student participants. Data collected from the participants via a survey, as well as pretest and posttest were analysed via partial least squares. Results and Conclusions: The results indicated that VM‐supported instructional design significantly impacted students' self‐efficacy, flow experience, perceived task value and perceived learning performance. However, those variables had no significant impact on actual learning performance (i.e., actual knowledge gain). Implications: The implications for theory and practice are discussed to offer valuable suggestions to instructors and researchers regarding the application of VM‐based tools/procedures to the teaching tasks of the BMC or other management‐related learning subjects.
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