Part of the Advance HE member project 'Fit for the Future: Enhancing and adapting practice for new paradigms of higher education', this guide to multimodal learning in higher education, including case studies from HE around the world, aims to help practitioners turn their multimodal ideas into teaching practices.
"Digital media has changed the way we communicate, source, and share information. Our students receive and transmit information across a range of modes when they socialise, engage in education or enter the workplace. Students bring diverse experiences to higher education in terms of their academic skills, communication environments (Bouchey et al, 2021), as well as cultural and geographical backgrounds. This is one reason why multimodal learning matters. As teachers, we have a role in familiarising ourselves with how our students interpret learning materials and resources, as well as understanding the various contexts in which learning can occur and transform into practice. Through multimodal learning, students can be supported to co-construct knowledge across different forms of expression, drawing on their prior experiences in authentic social and cultural settings.” Extract from the introduction to 'Multimodal Learning: A Practitioner Guide’
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More information on the wider 'Fit for the Future: Enhancing and adapting practice for new paradigms of higher education' can be found here.