Unsplash Image by Getty Images This image stood out to me because it captures what active learning actually looks like in practice. Instead of students sitting and listening, they’re working together and actively involved in making sense of the material. Seeing learners collaborate like this shows the “shift” away from lecture-based teaching toward more participatory…
Before learning about theories of multimedia learning, I assumed that adding visuals to learning materials automatically made them better. It felt obvious that pictures, videos, and graphics would help people learn. After reading about Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML), I realized that this isn’t always true. Multimedia only works well when it’s designed…
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