ADEPT: Design multimedia for teaching and learning to optimise cognitive load

Use media including images, videos, animations, and interactives to enhance your course design and improve student learning.

This interactive session explores the intricate balance between information presentation and cognitive capacity, providing educators with essential strategies to enhance multimedia instructional materials. Participants will learn the skills to create engaging, impactful learning experiences for students.

Learning objectives

In this workshop, you will be supported to:

• distinguish media types to make informed decisions about media integration.

• integrate learning media principles into course design for effective multimedia learning experiences.

• develop functional and engaging synchronous Zoom session plans.

• design learning media "interactive" activities for active engagement.

• practise effective scriptwriting and on-camera delivery techniques for learning video production.

Workshop topics

• Types of media for learning and teaching

• Media design principles

• Planning synchronous Zoom session

• Designing media "interactives"

• Creating learning videos and related skills