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H5P

h5p

/ˌāCH ˌfīv ˌpē/

Noun

An easy-to-use content-building tool that helps deliver interactive videos, presentations, and activities to your course. Excellent for checking student understanding of lesson material. For more information, visit H5P's website.

Using Kaltura Quizzes to Build Interactivity into Videos

Credit: Mark Wherley © Penn State is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Many instructors supplement their online course materials with instructor-created or third-party YouTube videos. While these videos can enhance the learning experience, they often leave students in a passive role. Current learning theory suggests that we can motivate more effective learning when learners play an active role rather than a passive role.

Using Multimodal Instruction to Explain Complex Material

Credit: 3D Newtons Cradle by Chris Potter is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Following is an example of a page from a course that is explaining the Law of the Conservation of Energy using three unique examples, thus using the concept of multimodal instruction to increase student understanding. The first example is a video in which the instructor uses potato chips and a lawn mower to explain and demonstrate how energy is neither created nor destroyed, but is instead changed to become useless to us.

Using Broad Recall Prompts as a Retrieval Practice Strategy to Encourage Durable Learning

Credit: @energepic "Woman in White Long Sleeved Shirt Holding a Pen Writing on a Paper", is licensed under CC0

Ask students to close their books and put their notes away. Now ask a broad recall question. Below are some examples.

Adding Relevance with Guest Speakers

Guest speakers can provide additional perspectives, improve comprehension of theoretical frameworks, foster critical thinking, and help bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical application.

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