Robert Kozma Vrs. Richard Clark

Today in class we learned about different opinions on Media. One was from Richard E. Clark who argued that media does not influence learning. His opinion is based on research that adding media to a classroom did not improve students learning. Someone who had an opposing view then Clark was Robert Kozma. Kozma believed that media definitely could help improve students learning. This argument is really relevant and continues today. Even on my Wednesday observations, there are certain teachers who will not engage in technology and still teach English class through anthologies and never from media. However, most teachers have adapted to creating google classrooms and teach English through Youtube, videos, music and many different multiliteracies.

Multimedia Learning Theory 

Multimedia Principle: People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone. This is similar to our Duel

Modality principle: People learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on-screen text.

Coherence Principle: People learn better when extraneous words, pictures and sounds are not included in texts.

Signalling Principle: People learn better when the words include cues about the organization of the presentation.

  • Use things like bolding, Underlying when making information available for students

Social Cue Principles 

Personalization Principle: People learn better when the words are in conversational style rather than formal style.

TPACK

Technology + Pedagogy + Content

Google Classroom

To end the class we all had time to explore the teacher center in Google For Education. This is a great resource for teachers trying to learn the different teaching elements that Google has to offer. These are all practical learning lessons for teachers that they can bring into the classroom. Mine was looking into facilitating collaboration through the google platforms. This is something I feel is very important and I will use in the future!