IMPLEMENTATION
the objectives
of multimodal teaching
• Accommodating diverse learner needs through incorporating various learning preferences simultaneously.
• Supporting multiliteracy, which also aids in 21st century learner skills.
• Improving the retention of content and application of competencies.
• Mirroring real-life experiences to create meaningful learning experiences.
• Promoting creativity and collaboration within learning.
• Encouraging connections between different texts.
• Enhancing student engagement in their learning processes.
combining modes
Since the multimodal learning style involves a combination of learning modalities, multimodal learning strategies require strategies from each style. Multimodal learning incorporates multimedia and uses different strategies at once. An ideal multimodal learning environment would incorporate as many strategies as possible.
tips for implementation
visual
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Use textbooks with plenty of pictures and diagrams
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Include visual elements in lessons, like slideshows or videos
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Let students organize their thoughts in flowcharts, diagrams or graphs
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Explain key concepts with illustrations or pictures
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Color-code assignments or use different font styles to emphasize terms
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Assign visual projects like art, diagrams or models
LESSON PLAN EXAMPLES
The lesson activities below utilize modes together to effectively deliver and comprehend competencies within the various curriculum areas and can be adapted to other contexts as well. The combination of modes not only aid in accommodating learner diversity and engagement, they also allow for various senses to be activated and create a richer learning experience.
The Power of a Story English Language Arts EY / MY / SY +
Enlargements and Reductions Math EY / MY
Marbleslides Activity - Limiting Domains and Ranges Math SY +
Completing the Square Math SY +
Hydraulic & Pneumatic Model Design Science MY
Growth and Changes in Plants Science EY
Physical vs Human-Made Features/Mapping Social Studies EY
EY : Early years
MY : Middle years
SY + : Senior Years and higher
resources
videoS
books
articles
A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures
New London Group
The Teacher as Designer: Pedagogy in the New Media Age
Mary Kalantzis, William Cope
Multimodality and Literacy in School Classrooms
Carey Lewitt
Problem Spaces
Keith Turvey, Norbert Pachler
Multiliteracies in the Classroom: Emerging Conceptions of FirstYear Teachers
Benjamin Boche
Multimodality in Education: Some Directions and Some Questions
Theo Van Leeuwen
Multimodalities Multiplied: Teaching Comics in an Active Learning Classroom
Chester Scoville
Multimodality, “Reading”, and “Writing” for the 21st Century
Carey Lewitt
WEBSITES
Multimodal Strategies - VARK Learn
Multiliteracies - Kalantzis & Cope
New Media Literacies - Kalanztis & Cope
Multimodal Learning Strategies - UAFS
Multimodal Learning - Academy of Mine
35 Multimodal Learning Strategies and Examples - Prodigy
Employing Multimodal Strategies in Online Teaching - SAGE
Multimodal Study Strategies - UAB