Lesson 15

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND MULTIMEDIA: WHAT IT IS?

“Project-based learning redefines the boundaries of the classroom. No longer are students confined to learning within four walls.”

INTRODUCTION

            After learning that we need to make use of a combination of learning resources or media to make our teaching as concrete as we can so abstractions will be clear and meaningful, let us learn a method of learning that utilizes multimedia, project-based learning.

ABSTRACTION

            A class that effectively employs project-based multimedia learning is highly animated and actively engaged.

Let us know more about project-based multimedia learning the paragraphs that follow:

            Project-based multimedia learning is a teaching method in which students “acquire new knowledge and skills in the course of designing, planning, and producing multimedia product.”

DIMENSIONS OF PROJECT-BASED MULTIMEDIA LEARNING

            Project-based multimedia learning has seven key dimensions: core curriculum, real word connection, extended time frame, student decision making, collaboration, assessment, and multimedia.

            Core curriculum. Is a clear setoff learning goal drawn from whatever curriculum or set standards is in use .We use core to emphasize that project-based multimedia learning should address the basic knowledge and skills all students are expected to acquire.

            Real-world connection. The project seeks to connect students work in school with the wider in which students live. It is critical that the students- not only the teacher perceive what is real about the project.

            Extended time frame. A good project is not a one-shot lesson. It extends over a significant period of time.

            Student decision making. In project-based multimedia learning, students have a say. Students are given considerable leeway in determining what substantive content would be included in their projects as well as the process for producing them.

            Collaboration. Is working together jointly to accomplish a common intellectual o what purpose in a manner superior to what might have been accomplished working alone.

            Assessment. There are three assessment concerns in project-based multimedia learning, namely: 1. Activities for developing expectations, 2. Activities for improving the media products, 3. Activities for compiling and disseminating evidence of learning. Students must be clarified on what is expected of them and on how they will be assessed.

            Multimedia. In multimedia projects, students do not learn simply by ”using”  multimedia produced by others; they learn by creating in themselves.

WHY USE PROJECT-BASED MULTIMEDIA LEARNING?

            Because it is” value added” to your teaching.

WHAT CAN BE SOME LIMITATIONS OF THE USE OF PROJECT-BASED MULTIMEDIA LEARNING STRATEGY?

            One limitation that we see is the needed for an extended period of time. Second limitation can be the tendency to lose track of the goals and objectives of your lesson.