Digital Learning: Innovation within the Classroom

Let’s face it — Students are becoming less and less enthusiastic about their learning experience in the classroom due to outdated lesson plans. I’ve experienced first hand what it’s like teaching in an apathetic environment and the main issue stemmed from our curriculum. The world is surrounded by technology, a world that students will eventually venture out to yet my classroom doesn’t reflect that world at all. I wish for the elements of digital learning to guide teachers into this digital age and create a more interactive and enthusiastic learning environment. For this post, we’ll be looking at the benefits of multimedia content, how to implement Multimedia content and examples of multimedia content.

BENEFITS OF MULTIMEDIA LEARNING

Multimedia content offers a variety of learning pathways such as images, videos, and audio clips which covers each of the learning styles under the VAK model (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic). multimedia content encourages creativity and ownership of one’s learning. With the integration of art and animation, students have the opportunity to mold their lessons into their own personal style. multimedia content also helps students develop skills used in everyday life such as communication and digital literacy.

IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA LEARNING

To begin utilizing multimedia learning, start with a concise goal that actually supports the lesson objective. Many teachers find an interesting tool but use it for a lesson that isn’t relevant to the content or objective. Next, you’ll want to make sure you use a variety of multimedia learning tools instead of just one. Instead of simply giving a lecture and having students complete guided notes aim for an approach that encourages active learning. Include video clips, gifs and most importantly an interactive extension. Speaking of which…

EXAMPLES OF MULTIMEDIA LEARNING

The true essence of multimedia learning stems from interactive digital tools such as the streamlined platform — Peardeck. Peardeck allows students to interact with the material on the google slides from their electronic devices encouraging group collaboration and competition. This element for digital learning can even be used to enhance curriculum planning for teachers such as ChatGPT.

WHAT’S NEXT?

After discovering more multimedia lesson plans and adopting digital tools you think will be the most beneficial for you and your students, your next step will be to focus more on communication and group discussions with… collaborative tools.