applying educational theory to media-enhanced learning
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Applying Educational Theory to Media-Enhanced Learning
Overview of Presentation
• Educational theory• Delve into active learning strategies• Consider our student body• Using media in teaching• Limitations
Educational Theory
Active Learning
• Bonwell & Eison (1991) define active learning as “anything that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing”.
• Encourage student engagement• Promotes deeper understanding• Provides more frequent feedback to students• Addresses different learning styles• Builds self-esteem• Creates a sense of community
Active Learning
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Low retention rate
High retention rate
Active Learning
5%
10%
20%
30%
50%
75%
90%
Low retention rate
High retention rate
Listening to a lecture
Reading
Audio visual
Demonstration
Discussion group
Practise by doing
Teaching others
Why Use Media in Teaching?
Who are our students?!
• Use of the Web• Use of mobile devices
• Use of Instant Messenger• Use of online communication
• Gravitate toward group activity• Busy with extracurricular activities• Respectful of social conventions and
institutions• Fascination for new technologies
Howe & Strauss, 2003
Using Media to Enhance Learning
• Media can form active learning strategies – Group discussions or case studies – Film clip– Podcast of a lecture– Newspaper article– Student video project– Lecture-capture– Online collaboration tools– Discussion boards
Using Media and Active Learning
• Media creates a multimodal environment – different ways of presenting material
• Attention span 15-20 minutes/ Frequent but brief lapses!
• More than one sensory mode• Students learn more deeply from combination of
words and pictures than words alone (Mayer, 2003)• Fadel (2008) suggested “students engaged in
learning that incorporates multimodal designs, on average, outperform students who learn using traditional approaches with single modes.”
Using Media and Active Learning
• Students become more self directed• Employability skills• Different learning styles/developing learning styles• Accommodate greater range of information
processing styles• Diverse student body and cultural backgrounds• Illustrates relevance of concepts• Empowering and motivating students• Change is stimulating
Limitations
• Achievement by groups of students• Use judiciously• Preparation• Copyright issues• Distraction• Time consuming
Conclusion
• Variety of representations of content improves:
– Understanding– Retention of content– Interest– Enjoyment
Thank you for your Time!
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