Project-based Learning and Multimedia

Project-based Multimedia Learning a teaching method in which students

“acquire knowledge and skills in the course of designing, planning and producing multimedia product” ( Simkins, et al, 2002)

Dimensions of Project-based Multimedia Learning1. Core Curriculum2. Real-world connection3. Extended time frame4. Student Decision making5. Collaboration6. Assessment7. Mutimedia

Core Curriculum

Project-based multimedia learning should address the basic knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire

Real-world connectionProject- seeks to connect students’ work in school with the wider world in which students live

Students and teacher should perceive what is real about the project, the types of activities and types of products

Extended time frameA good project is not a one–shot lesson.

It extends a significant period of time.The length of projects may vary with the age of students and the nature of the project.

Give enough time to come up with a sustantial final product

Student decision making

Students are given considerable leeway in determining what substantive content would be included in the projects as well as the process for producing them.

CollaborationWorking together jointly to accomplish a common intellectual purpose in a manner superior to what might have been accomplished working alone.

Assessment3 assessment concerns: A. activities for developing expectations

B. activities for improving the media products

C. activities for compiling and disseminating evidence of learning

MultimediaStudents do not learn simply by using multimedia; they learn by creating it themselves

Become the authors of multimedia content

Gather-and Create-pictures

Why use PBML?Value added to teachingA powerful motivator Engages students in the learning task

Limitations of PBLMNeed for an extended period of time

Requires technical skillsTendency to loose track of the goals and objectives of the lesson

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