Lesson 15 Project-based Learning and Multimedia: What It Is?

"A way to promote learning is to promote modern technologies in teaching, just like using project-based multimedia to make education more exciting and interactive."

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             Project-based multimedia learning is a teaching method in which students “acquire new knowledge and skills in the course designing, planning, and producing multimedia products.”

It has seven key dimensions:

Core curriculum- At the foundation of any unit  of this type is a clear set off learning goal drawn from whatever curriculum or set of standards in use.

Real-world connection- The project seeks to connect students’ work in school with the wider world in which students live.

Extended time frame- A good project is not a one-shot lesson.

Student decision making- In project-based multimedia learning, students have a say.

Collaboration- Project-based multimedia learning demands collaboration or working together to accomplish a common intellectual purpose.

Assessment- There are three assessment concerns in project-based multimedia learning, namely: (a) activities for developing expectations; (b) activities for improving the media products; (c) activities for compiling and disseminating evidence of learning.

Multimedia- In multimedia projects, the students do not learn simply by “using” multimedia produced by others; they learn by creating it themselves.

           As a conclusion, project-based multimedia learning is “value added” to our teaching. It is a powerful motivation. However, we should avoid  the tendency to lose track of our lesson objectives because the technology aspect has gotten the limelight.