Substantive Post #3 – Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning
Remove Impairments to Improve Accessibility Accessibility ensures that all students, regardless of age, ability, or device, can access content and participate fully in their learning. While reading āInclusive Design for Social Media: Tips for Creating Accessible Channelsā, I was surprised to learn that approximately one billion people have some sort of disability and canāt engage…
Substantive Post #2 – Models of Active Learning
Children actively learning during a science experiment.
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Substantive Post #1 – Theories of Multimedia Learning
In reviewing the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning the principles of coherence and signaling seem most intuitive. If a slide is cluttered with extraneous materials and the presenter fails to highlight essential material then our working memory will not have the capacity to learn effectively. What surprised me was the Redundancy principle. I assumed people…
Flight path
I am a third-year student in Public Health, returning to UVic to complete my second degree, and have been out of university for over 10 years. My skills in interactive multimedia havenāt improved significantly over the past decade and I want to be able to keep up with my fellow classmates. A lot of the…
Welcome and Introduction
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