A conceptual framework for effective learning engagement towards interface design of teaching aids within tertiary education

Interactive teaching aids have replaced the role of lecturer on how lesson content is being delivered in the current tertiary learning environment. Consistently, this implementation gives the challenges in complex information delivery method within the tertiary learning environment. Towards this, lecturers basically have become interface designer in the development of these interactive multimedia teaching aids. Therefore, in designing an effective teaching aid as a communication tool, it should be well-designed and developed by the lecturers. With challenges towards effective learning engagement in the current set of tertiary education evironment, despite interaction design has been researched over the last decade, focus on the contribution of interface design principles towards learning engagement is still lacking. As interface design performed as a medium that communicates between user and the computer system through effective principles and elements of design, this paper empirically discusses the importance of lecturers’ and tutors’ understanding on how does interface design play a role in the process of designing their teaching aids. This paper focuses on exploratory study through existing literature review on the applicability of the principle and elements guidelines of interface design fundamentals through clear and effective visual communication towards effective learning engagement. Further this paper extensively proposed a framework on how do the applicability and ability of the interface design principles in teaching aids contribute towards the effective learning engagement in tertiary education level.