Creating Media for Instruction

Associated with Summer camp “Multimodal Teaching and Project Design”
By Drs. Mike Mena and Carla España

Gif from Jeremy Fisher

Guiding Questions

How do I successfully “transpose” academic texts without simplifying content?


How does our understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and a Critical Bilingual Literacies (CBL) approach inform the creation of a multimodal podcast assessment?

Pacing

This part should take you approximately 2 hours to complete.  

Key Terms

Multimedia instructional design

Accessibility

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Critical Bilingual Literacies (CBL)

Transposition pedagogy

Prepare

This module will provide some examples, philosophies, and approaches for developing media that you can use in your courses. It will culminate in you taking your best shot at producing some media (a podcast or a lecture video) for your course. If you join Mike and Carla’s summer camp, you’ll get some additional hands on practice, support, and feedback.

Visit: Review the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines here 

Read: Chapter One of En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Children here (click download a sample).

Explore

Recommended Videos: YouTube Playist “CREATING A LECTURE VIDEO”  (3 videos)

Required Slides: “Teacher Education: Sample Middle Grade Poetry Unit and Culminating Podcast Project” here

Inspiration – check out Mike Mena’s YouTube channel of lecture videos!

Apply

Join the Flipgrid group for these asynchronous modules by clicking here, and respond to one of the following prompts by creating or uploading media.

Create one 5 minute-or-less lecture video explaining a core theoretical concept/keyword from your discipline. With the exception of the keyword itself, do not use any specialist or discipline specific language. (Hint: Try using metaphors/analogies from everyday experience to help with comprehension!)

Create an engaging 5-minute-or-less podcast that integrates a written reflection (script) and some artistic auditory medium (poetry or music)

Consolidate

Reflect on the discussion board:

What are your core takeaways from your process of creating your video and sample podcast assignment?

How did this process influence how you think about preparing teachers?

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