When using multimedia to teach, it is essential to begin with creating a lesson plan, as opposed to beginning with creating your content. Some people may use a trial and error approach where they create the content, show the content to students, and then improve the lesson based on their feedback, all without creating a lesson plan. Of course this is not beneficial to learners since some of them will not be getting the best experience. A lesson plan may include the objectives of the teaching, the content required, a timeline, brainstorming ideas, and an assessment of learners. These factors will ensure that when information is going out to learners it will be in it’s best form.
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A video which includes embedded multiple choice questions or informational pop ups can relate to the following multimedia principles:
- Multimedia principle
- A text pop up over a video will have both words and pictures
- Signalling principle
- Important information can be highlighted with both techniques
- Segmenting principle
- Pausing and breaking up the video for a question or info will make it feel more learner-paced
- Pre-training Principle
- A pop up could be used at the beginning of a video for pre-training, however, I did not do this with my demonstration
- Feedback principle
- Multiple choice can be enhanced so that feedback is given depending on which answer is selected
One principle that the pop up and multiple choice techniques do not leave room for is the self-explanation principle, since the learners do not have a way to generate their own explanations. It may be beneficial to have a H5P function where the learner enters what they believe the answer could be with an explanation, and then this explanation is submitted to the teacher. However, this would not allow for instant or automated feedback.