Make video teach, not just play
Redesign a teaching video with signaling, segmenting, and active processing.
The move: make the invisible classroom visible. Mayer Multimedia Learning Principles is useful online because learners have less ambient context than they do in a physical room. The teacher cannot rely on eye contact, hallway questions, or the energy of the room to reveal confusion. The design has to make attention, expectations, practice, and feedback visible inside the platform. Multimedia learning principles are about managing attention and working memory. Segmenting lets learners process one piece before the next. Signaling points to what matters. Coherence removes decorative content that competes with the lesson. The online teacher should design the viewing experience,…
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