For your reference, here is the schedule for the term. If there are any changes I will announce them in Mattermost. For more details, see the course syllabus.

 
DATE AGENDA* TOOL EXPLORATIONS ASSESSMENT 
Jan 8-13 Creating the Learning Community   WordPress, Mattermost Blog and Mattermost intro check  
Jan 14-27Module 1: How Do We Learn? Theories of Multimedia Learning   Screencasting Blog post and comment 
Jan 28 – Feb10Module 2: Design Principles for Effective and Accessible Multimedia   Infographics, screen readers, Accessibility checkersBlog post and comment 
Group/Instructor meetings  

Assgt 1: Midterm Blog Review (15%)
Feb 11 – Mar 2 Module 3: Storytelling and Creating Video  Video creation toolsBlog post and comment 

Assgt 2: Video for a learning purpose (20%)
Mar 3 – 16Module 4: Principles of Learning Design and Active LearningID Templates, H5P, Twine Blog post and comment 
Mar 17 – 30 Module 5: Generative AI and Evaluating Content and Tools for LearningGenerative AI tools, SECTIONS, TPACK Blog post and comment 

Assgt 1: Blog Final Review (25%)
Mar 31 – Apr 8 Final Project Completion:  In this final week we will be focusing on completing the final group project for the term, a lesson designed by your group for a learning purpose that puts into practice the tools and techniques covered this term.  Everything we covered this term Assgt 3: Rich Multimedia Lesson (group project) (40%)

*Please note that the sequence and read/watch resources for each Module are subject to change as we go through the term.