EDF2402 · Multimedia and interactive learning design

Overview

Multimedia and interactive digital artefacts have become part of the everyday world of learning designers. The ability to create valuable learning using interactive learning artefacts such as videos with embedded quizzes, in-class polls, and web based interactive tasks is a core skill for learning designers. This unit will explore key theories related to multimedia creation and interactive learning as well as provide you with hands-on skills in building multimedia and interactive learning artefacts using software from the learning design industry. The unit begins with a focus on simple graphics and visual presentation from infographics to slide decks which will draw on cognitive theories of information processing, typography and aesthetics in graphic design. The unit then explores multimedia learning theory and related research around rich media of instructional audio and video. You will investigate when audio can be used to best effect, from embedded narratives to standalone podcasts. Many interactive learning artefacts are housed in learning management systems. In addition to the exploration of interactive design theories, the unit will provide opportunities for hands-on experience using a learning management system which embeds static and interactive digital content. In the process you will explore implications of system choice, concerns about navigation, and considerations in learning sequences.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. create multimedia content to achieve specific learning objectives
2. critically evaluate multimedia content and interactive learning designs
3. demonstrate knowledge of legal and ethical implications in multimedia design, including copyright and accessibility regulations
4. identify issues of representation and inclusion in multimedia design
5. use industry standard software and methodologies to create effective multimedia content.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.