Exemplar Showcase from CPS Online Courses
Multimedia shouldn’t be a stand-alone component. It needs preparation within the context of the lesson and needs follow up activities. The purpose is to get the student actively engaged with the content and support the focus of the learning.
1. Preparation
- Scaffolding - what background information is necessary to understand the concepts?
- Guiding questions - can we focus the students efforts by asking some questions that direct their learning?
- Context - can we make connections with what they already have learned?
- Advanced information (i.e., strategic hints) - how can the student best acquire and sort the information? How do the experts do it?
2. Media
- Concise - 5-8 minutes maximum for a video segment
- Focus on the topic - follow a script and practice is needed so presenter does not digress
- Immediate feedback - when questions are posed provide immediate feedback for responses
- Limited use within course to maintain motivation - more is not better, the learners become less motivated with multiple repetitions of similar media
3. Follow up activities to reinforce learning
- Activities to assess learning outcomes
- Summaries
- Reflection
The following link is a wonderful resource that you may find helpful for ideas for using multimedia in your lessons. The exemplars are from current CPS online courses. They fall under the categories of graphics/photos; audio; video; narrated slide show; tutorial; animation; case study/scenario; games. These exemplars help us to understand the benefits of each type of media explored and the reasons why we might incorporate these strategies in the presentation of our topics.
CPS Online Multimedia Exemplars
