This week we learned about multimedia design principles. We learned the benefits of using visual along with auditorial engagement. As long as we as teachers don’t overload our learners with too much multimedia in your videos/ slide presentations etc. then this theory should be effective. When a learner receives a visual and an auditorial lesson at the same time it helps the reader understand what is being represented. when there is too much text or non relevant photos included in a lesson, it can direct or disengage the students you are trying to teach.
We also looked into H5P interactive tool. This tool can help us create interactive videos to add to our blog posts as well as in slides for a classroom. This interactive tool adds things like replay and skipping forwards into the video itself. This interactive tool could be useful with the right age group. For example the ability to reply, or skip forwards helps the learners work at their own pace and be able to re listen or watch to refresh the activity. If this is used with the wrong age group, it can have more of a negative impact on the lesson. As stated before students can become distracted.
Another thing we looked into was a flipped classroom. A flipped classroom is possible but not gaurnteed to be effective in younger aged students. For example, in a grade 3 classroom it could work as long as it works for all the learners and is done in a simpler stance compared to older age students. I do think that this idea would be more effective in older aged classroom where students can work more effienctly in groups to reach specific conclusions. Students have many different learning styles that work for them. If a flipped classroom style is one of them then there would be lots more hands-on learning opportunities for students. When teaching a lesson whether it be reading, writing, or math, these subjects need to be more interactive. This could include videos, conversation and for example math games. There are pros and cons to this approach. I definitely feel like it would be harder in a younger classroom just because they may not understand things without a more direct approach. But, it could be good to capture another aspect/ way of learning.
For this weeks reflection I created a tutorial video on how to play Papa’s Cupcakeria!
Hey Nicole, this is a great blog post! I wonder if adding some more multimedia design like a picture at the top of/within your post to grab readers attention and further engage them. I also think it would be really fun to add a hyperlink to Papa’s Cupcakeria so your readers can follow your tutorial and it would help to meet rubric requirements. I appreciate your thoughts on flipped classrooms, I agree and think it would be tricky trying to structure younger grades in this way. I do think flipped classrooms could be super beneficial for high school and post secondary students.(depending on many factors)