Author Rich McCue
Topic 7 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Explain why teaching with stories can catch the attention of learners and make it easier for them to recall information embedded in stories Describe the… Continue Reading →
Topic 6 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Use different types of design, colour, and typography to create a different tone or feeling for your multimedia objects Design & Layout a poster or… Continue Reading →
Below is a short video that shows how to add a link to a website to text in your blog post.
Here is a quick video tutorial to show you how to make your WordPress home page static, and not show your most recent blog posts.
Topic 5 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Explain why evaluation frameworks for multimedia and interactive learning tools are useful when deciding whether or not to use a particular application for instructional purposes… Continue Reading →
Topic 4 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe the process of creating a multimedia project plan to a friend Be able to explain the key reasons why creating a multimedia project plan… Continue Reading →
Topic 3 Learning Objectives. By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe what is Multimedia to a friend Describe Multimedia Learning to a friend Describe the main Multimedia Learning principles, and describe specific use cases for… Continue Reading →
Topic 1 Learning Objectives By the end of this week you should be able to: Describe some of the key learning theories used in education Describe the importance of Dual Coding Theory and the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Describe how… Continue Reading →
Welcome to EDCI 337 – Interactive and Multimedia Learning! I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you as we develop new skills and deepen our understandings of interactive and multimedia learning together over this semester. If you would… Continue Reading →
Welcome to EDCI 337! In addition to being a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Education, I manage the Digital Scholarship Commons in the University of Victoria Libraries and am the father of five wonderful children. I am looking forward to working with… Continue Reading →
Introduction to Topic 7: Congratulations on making it to our last topic together, The Great Educational Technology Debate! Because I know you’re busy working on your final assignment, I won’t make this a heavy topic, but hopefully, it will be… Continue Reading →
Introduction: If we go back to our first module, I referenced the importance of storytelling or narrative in multimedia learning. We learn so much from stories. In this module, we are going to look at stories from two different angles:… Continue Reading →
Introduction to Topic 5: In this topic we will focus on virtual reality and video tools for multimedia learning. The tools could be used by you as an instructor to create multimedia learning objects for your learners, or you could… Continue Reading →
Introduction to Topic 4: This topic will give you an overview of the Multimedia Design process which is intended to be a foundational element that you can use in the future as you create your own multimedia objects, along with… Continue Reading →
Introduction to Topic 3: This topic explores more deeply some practical guidelines for designing effective multimedia learning material that we have mentioned in passing in Topics 1 & 2. To start I’d like you to listen to an audio introduction… Continue Reading →
Housekeeping: Just a couple of housekeeping items to make sure that everyone can successfully complete the Topic 2 assignment: In order to provide peer feedback for a blog post for each member of your learning pod, you need to know… Continue Reading →
Welcome to EDCI 337 – Interactive and Multimedia Learning! I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you as we develop new skills and deepen our understandings of interactive and multimedia learning together over the next three weeks. If… Continue Reading →
Welcome! I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you as we develop new skills and deepen our understandings of interactive and multimedia learning together over the next three weeks. This is a topic that I am passionate about,… Continue Reading →
This post outlines adding menus and categories. See videos below. If you already have a WordPress website that you are using for your schoolwork portfolio, we strongly encourage you to use it for EDCI 337. You only need to make… Continue Reading →
I’ve had a couple of class members ask me for instructions on how to migrate their blog to another WordPress hosting service (like WordPress.com) or delete their blog. While I believe there is significant value in having a public presence on… Continue Reading →