DATESession Topics, Activities, Reading (12 classes)
Week 1: Sept. 9Introduction to EDCI 337 Review course outline expectationsOrientation to technology Setting up personal learning networks

Week 2: Sept. 16Theoretical Foundations of Multimedia Learning Open and Accessible Multimedia
Week 3: Sept. 23Common but Questionable Principles of Multimedia Learning
Week 4: Sept.30* National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – No Class *
Week 5: Oct. 7Basic Principles of Multimedia Learning – Part 2 Redundancy, Signaling, Coherence, Spatial contiguity, Temporal contiguity, and Redundancy
Week 6: Oct. 14Basic Principles of Multimedia Learning – Part 3 Segmenting, Pre-training, Personalization, Voice, and Embodiment
Week 7: Oct. 21Advanced Principles of Multimedia Learning – Part 1 Guided discovery, Self-explanation, Drawing
Week 8: Oct. 28 Advanced Principles of Multimedia Learning – Part 2 Feedback, Multiple representation, Learner control
Week 9: Nov. 4Advanced Principles of Multimedia Learning – Part 3 Animation, Collaboration, Prior knowledge, Working memory
Week 10: Nov. 11*** Reading Break – No Class ***
Week 11: Nov. 18Synthetic Multimedia, Generative AI, and Human Learning

Week 12: Nov. 25Student Overview of Presentations
Week 13: Dec. 2Course Conclusion and Final Thoughts