Multimodal teaching was a hot topic on one of my listservs recently. The question there was: is there evidence that multimodal presentation is really helpful for student learning? The answer: yes. What do I mean by multimodal teaching? In a multimodal teaching segment, students encounter the same material in different ways. Research from cognitive psychology [...]
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The lecture method of instruction may be the original pedagogical strategy. Before information was readily available in print form (and now online), a lecture was the most efficient way to transmit expert knowledge to novice learners. Now, rather than being the primary source of information, faculty experts need to help students learn to find, select, [...]
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