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Hands on learning is a form of education is which students learn through examples shown to them, instead of simply listening to a teacher lecture from the front of the class. For example, including power point presentations into a lecture can create a more hands on learning environment for students. Presentations offer opportunities to input videos or interactive games such as KAHOOT, which are more likely to grab and hold a students attention. I can relate to the effectiveness of power points because I find in classes that don’t use them I struggle to keep connected to course material being taught. For instance, in one of my lecture classes last year, my professor did not use power points, and i found myself being confused on when new ideas were starting. Additionally, I felt a lack of connection to the material because I couldn’t visualize the correlation and interrelation between ideas that he was proposing. Overall, I think that powerpoint presentations are an effective tool for connecting students to material, thus creating higher retention of the material.

Below I have included a quick video on what KAHOOT is to explain how it can be used to stimulate active and engaging learning.

I am also going to include a picture of one of my old presentation slides from high school that I will critique.

First there is too much text in this slide. The learner is going to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information on the slide and with the time spent rushing to get it all down they will miss the important notes the teacher will be vocalizing.
Second, there is no pictures that correlate to ideas, or help connect concepts together, which if added could help facilitate engagement with the information
Last, the slide is boring with no colours or videos to offer interest in the material

References:

(2018). Kahoot. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XzfWHdDS9Q

I think that Multimedia has become an instrumental part of the curriculum as it promotes a more inclusive and interactive learning environment. As someone looking to be a future elementary school teacher, I was excited to be able to learn more about the topic. I think the biggest thing I took away from the readings this week was that our educational system had become so dominated by the idea that people form a greater understanding of a topic from words alone. However, with advances in technology, teaching is able to expand to pictorial instruction, with things like videos, powerpoint slides, and pictures, which is ultimately creating a more inclusive learning environment for all students.

For instance, I was a student that struggled in my first two years of french class. When I finally hit high school, my new french teacher would hand out a worksheet once a week with the new french words we would be learning and a picture beside each word. I noticed that the visuals added context to the word and increased my ability to remember the new words by the end of the week.

Ultimately, the curriculum is shifting to represent a more inclusive environment for all students by introducing multimedia. Moreover, by using a multimedia approach to learning, students are more likely to have a greater understanding of a particular topic because they are able to build meaningful connections between the words written in front of them and their pictorial representations.

References:

Mayer, R. E. (Ed.). (2014). The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139547369

Photo Reference:

The Benefits of Interactive Learning . (2019). The Benefits of Interactive Learning with Touch Screens. photograph. Retrieved September 19, 2021, from https://www.viewsonic.com/library/education/benefits-of-interactive-learning/.

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Hands on Learning

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