Multimodal Education

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According to Suzanne M. Miller and Mary B. McVee education needs to be embodied with the digital world if students are to feel that their education is meaningful and useful to their lives. Incorporating the digital world into the classroom is using technologies that improve the educational outcomes of students. These include images, audio files and videos. Below are some examples of how each of these types of media can enhance learning and meaning for the students:

Images:

·         Images can be used to spark interest in learning material

·         Engaged deeper thinking through evaluation and analysis e.g. See, Think Wonder tool

Audio:

·         Learn on the go

·         Instant updates

·         Keep knowledge in the one archive

·         Easy to recall information in the future

Video:

·         Help students retain what they learn

·         Help students better express their deepest understanding of core classroom content

·         Promotes creativity

·         Engages students in their learning

All of these types of media can be modified by the educator to help better facilitate the needs of individual classrooms. Students may also be allowed to individualise certain aspects of some media to help with their engagement.

Using the SAMAR model I can incorporate images into my teaching discipline of Industrial Technology Design as follows:

How to use and/or examination of Vernier Calipers

  Substitution –, an image could be included into paper instructions to help clarify and explain the correct measurement technique.

Augmentation – image and instructions to be completed online.

Modification – Students to self-record displaying competence in undertaking task at their own pace.

Redefinition –Recording to be uploaded by student and checked by teacher at their own pace.