Interactive Media for Learning Why Are the Videos Doing All the Talking, Enable Your Students to Interact with Media! Kenith Wilson, M.Ed., Educational Technologist Vafa Akhtar-Khavari, Ed.M., Education Associate

Facilitators Kenith Wilson, M.Ed Vafa Akhtar-Khavari, Ed.M Educational Technologist at BUMC IT engaged in analyzing, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating training systems that support learning. kenwil@bu.edu Educational Specialist in the Department of Anesthesiology engaged in designing curriculum, conducting education-related research and implementing new technologies in the classroom. vafa@bu.edu

Agenda Learning Objectives: 5 Minutes Educational Theories: 15 Minutes Office Mix Demo and Hands-On Session/YouTube Annotation: 30 Minutes Questions & Discussion: 10 Minutes

Inspiring you to practice! Learning Objectives Become familiar with Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Design 2. Learn how to create a presentation using Office Mix. Including embedding quizzes, polls, and videos in a multimedia presentation 3. Learn how to annotate a YouTube Video And, most importantly: Inspiring you to practice!

Discussion How are you currently using technology, specifically video, in the classroom? What kinds of features are you looking for in your multimedia presentations?

Advantages of using technology • Useful for visualizing complex processes • Independent exploration • Easy access • Relatively low-cost of production How do we design effective presentations that lead to meaningful learning? Complex processes – i.e. blood flow through the heart

Learning is a change in knowledge attributable to experience Meaningful learning Learning is a change in knowledge attributable to experience

Mayer’s Theory of Multimedia Learning Sensory memory, temporarily holds incoming images and sounds; working memory allows for mentally manipulating a small amount of incoming visual and verbal material; and long term memory, which is the learner’s permanent storehouse of knowledge. Cognitive processing is depicted with each of the arrows in this model, selecting transfers some of the incoming images and sounds to working memory for additional processing; organizing organizes the images into a pictorial model and the words into a verbal model in working memory; and integrating connects the models with each other with relevant knowledge activated from long-term memory. A multimedia message enters the cognitive system through the learner’s eyes and ears. Three core assumptions from the science of learning: Dual Channels Assumption Limited Capacity Assumption Active Processing Assumption

Mayer’s Instructional Multimedia Principles Research-based principles: Based on the cognitive theory of multimedia learning Proven to aid educators in designing instruction that is effective in improving retention and transfer Endorsed by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for use by medical educators when designing multimedia interventions

Coherence Principle — remove all extraneous material that may divert the learner’s attention from key instructional points Seductive details Varying colors & backgrounds Unnecessary facts & elements Seductive details – which don’t add to the underlying instructional objective of the lesson should be excluded as they distract the learner

Signaling Principle — Highlight important words and main ideas, calling attention to the important (essential) material in a lesson

Spatial Contiguity Principle — Present corresponding words and pictures in close proximity to one another

Spatial Contiguity Principle — Present corresponding words and pictures in close proximity to one another

Spatial Contiguity Principle — Present corresponding words and pictures in close proximity to one another

Segmenting Principle — Offer narrated animation in learner-paced segments rather than a continuous unit

Personalization Principle — Employ conversational style, instead of formal, to present words

Questions? Refer to the AAMC’s report for more information & Document on Research-Based Principles for Designing Multimedia Instruction

Office Mix Demo and Hands-On Session

YouTube Annotation Demo and Hands-On Session

Questions?