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Assignment: Multiple Means of Representation Podcast

Writing a script allows you to plan what you want to say in your podcast and plan out when you want to use music, sound effects, and silence to help bolster your message. The more you plan before you get started, the easier it will be to put together the pieces you want to use to bring your ideas to life.

Topic I: What is Multiple Means of Representation?

1. Explain Multiple Means of Representation to your listeners. In your explanation, be sure to discuss why this principle is important, which part of the brain is activated, and the three guidelines.

2. For each of the following three instructional scenarios, identify a teaching strategy aligned to one of the three guidelines (perception, language and symbols, and comprehension) that could be used in the instructional scenario.

A. Instructional Scenario A: A learner in your instructional setting struggles with decoding math symbols, and the next lesson you teach uses math symbols.

i. Identify the learning barrier.
ii. Identify an instructional strategy to support this learner.
iii. Discuss how this instructional strategy is aligned to one of the three guidelines under the Multiple Means of Representation principle.

B. Instructional Scenario B: You have a learner in your instructional setting with a visual disability and struggles to see the images when you are presenting content or when they are working in a document with images.

i. Identify the learning barrier.
ii. Identify an instructional strategy to support this learner.
iii. Discuss how this instructional strategy is aligned to one of the three guidelines under the Multiple Means of Representation principle.

C. Instructional Scenario C: You have a learner in your instructional setting who has difficulty determining what information is essential and what information is of less importance when learning the new content.

i. Identify the learning barrier.
ii. Identify an instructional strategy to support this learner.
iii. Discuss how this instructional strategy is aligned to one of the three guidelines under the Multiple Means of Representation principle.

Topic II: The Blended Learning Models

1. In Chapter 6 of your text, choose one of the Blended Learning Models (Rotation Model, Flex Model, A La Carte Model, Enriched Virtual Model)

2. Explain your selected Blended Learning Model using evidence from the text.

3. Discuss how your selected Blended Learning Model would support Multiple Means of Representation. How might digital learning environments aid in the "what" of learning? Provide evidence from the text or outside source.

Topic III: Accessibility

1. Read the following article: The Importance of Teaching All Students About Tech Accessibility Features.

2. Briefly summarize the article and what you have learned. Why is accessibility important to consider for all students and how does technology allow for greater student accessibility? Provide evidence from the course material to support your opinion.

3. Choose one of the accessibility features provided in the article and describe how this would support Multiple Means of Representation.

Topic IV: How Can Multiple Means of Representation Help Me?

1. Describe one thing you have learned about the principle of Multiple Means of Representation that you find most impactful and why.

2. Describe how you might apply this principle into your current or future career path.

3. Describe how this principle can help you as a learner.