The Importance of Multimedia and Multimodality within Compulsary Education

The prezi I have created identifies the difference between multimedia and multimodality whilst providing examples of how practitioners involve both within their pedagogical techniques. It then continues to explain the importance of these methods within education.

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The Importance of Multimedia and Multimodality within Compulsary Education

This prezzi explores the importance of children being exposed to multimedia and multimodal methods debating if this is distracting or enhances learning. This identifies examples of this in practice within the education sector, recognising the effects that this has overall on a child’s learning. 

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The Importance of Multimedia and Multimodality in Compulsary Education

Maria D' Avgerinou (2016) notes that "Meaning and Knowledge are built up through many different Modalities and not just through text."  It is there for key that teachers and practitioners embrace the idea of using different forms of Multimedia and Multimodality, to provide and encourage a more complex and fulfilling learning experience to children.

The use of various forms of Multimedia which incorporate multimodal effects, can often encourage children to engage in activities, can lead to more focused learning and can stimulate new ways of thinking (Jewitt, 2006). 

Below is a video that looks at how using multimedia tools can encourage learning:

Multimedia in Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Aw4ANubXDo 

What needs to be remembered is that not all students learn in the same way, and much the same as all teachers have a different approach to teaching.  Through the use of multimedia and Multimodal resources, teachers and students can enjoy a more enriched learning experience.


D'Avgerinou, M. & Gialamas, S (2016) .Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education: Revolutionizing K-12 Blended Learning through the i²Flex Classroom Model. Hershey PA. IGI Global

Jewitt, C (2006). Technology, Literacy, Learning: A Multimodal Approach. Oxon. Routledge

The Importance of Multimedia and Multimodality Within Compulsory Education

I believe it is very important to expose children from an early age to multimedia and multimodal methods. These forms of technology can also be used for educational purposes which seems to be functional. Study conducted by Cutrim Sechmid, E. (2008) demonstrated that students found 'paper handout for the delivery of information were boring', stating that they 'either catch student attention nor stimulate their interest in learning'.

Engaging a classroom with young children can be challenging, however the use of technology helps children interact. Using technology such as PowerPoint slides, CD’s, audio books, digital videos and IWB’s instead of words can help construct and understand ideas.

Here is a video presenting why teachers should try multimodality within the classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWPrevUejwE

Cutrim Schmid, E. (2008). Potential pedagogical benefits and drawbacks of multimedia use in the English language classroom equipped with interactive whiteboard technology. Computers & Education, 51(4), 1553-1568.