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LSE Centre for Learning Technology Using Digital Media in
Teaching workshop Lesson plan, speakers notes and learning
objectives
Lesson plan
Structure
15:00 – scheduled start
15:10 – actual start: introductions, overview, images
15:15 – video, audio, sources of multimedia
15:35 – activity 1 (section A)
15:45 – activity 1 (ask participants to move on to section B)
15:55 – linking & downloading
16:00 – activity 2 (section C)
16:15 – digitising video, copyright and wrap-up
Preparation
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Book out headphone set for each participant
To remember
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Mention ERA/BUFVC off-air service before doing the TRILT activity
Following the Digital Media workshop you should be able to:
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List the Media Resources available to you as a teacher at the LSE
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List the learning outcomes and benefits of using multimedia in your teaching
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Explain some of the current buzz words related to digital media such as ‘podcasting’
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Explain copyright law in relation to the use of media for teaching
Content
Section 1: Why use multimedia in teaching?
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Learning outcomes/benefits
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Examples of media in teaching
Section 2: Multimedia resources available at the LSE
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Automated video lectures - Echo 360
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Video training
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Interactive tools
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Video projects: series of interviews; role-play; documentary etc
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Podcasting
Section 3: Sources of multimedia and translating jargon
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Podcasts
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Television and other programme is
o TRILT
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Organising media sources: RSS feeds
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Image and video collections
Speakers notes
Why use multiple media?
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Retention: Images can be a powerful memory aid
o Verbal + non-verbal aims retention
o Show Mbendjele example
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Context: Aids description
o Show Bose example
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Design: Break up text, page more inviting
o Refer back to Bose
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Variety: Monomedia can make students turn off.
o Hour-long video vs. shorter video clips. Full Monty example.
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Primary sources: Images, audio and video e.g. speeches, news.
o Mandela example
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Illustration and explanation. Explain processes, create cognitive models.
o Good for low prior knowledge
o Show Apreso example
Image-based lectures
First-year “Reading other cultures”
All images, no bullets
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To show rice techniques (1,6)
To show characters in ethnog. (8, 9)
To show Malagasay script (21)
To show map (35)
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Sources of images
Own photos – use PSP to resize/crop
CLT sources list - return to this later
Copyright-cleared
Creative Commons