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Selecting Media For Instruction

When selecting instructional media, several factors should be considered including learning styles, the physical attributes of the media, learning objectives, learner characteristics, cost, learning environment, and practical factors. Learning styles include visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Visual learners prefer visual aids, auditory learners learn best by listening, and kinesthetic learners prefer hands-on activities. Physical attributes refer to what can be seen, touched, or observed about the media like size, shape, and weight. Learning objectives are the intended learning outcomes from activities using the media. Learner characteristics encompass attributes like age, gender, and ability level. Cost considerations include the financial costs of creating, maintaining, and replacing content over time

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Selecting Media For Instruction

When selecting instructional media, several factors should be considered including learning styles, the physical attributes of the media, learning objectives, learner characteristics, cost, learning environment, and practical factors. Learning styles include visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Visual learners prefer visual aids, auditory learners learn best by listening, and kinesthetic learners prefer hands-on activities. Physical attributes refer to what can be seen, touched, or observed about the media like size, shape, and weight. Learning objectives are the intended learning outcomes from activities using the media. Learner characteristics encompass attributes like age, gender, and ability level. Cost considerations include the financial costs of creating, maintaining, and replacing content over time

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SELECTING MEDIA FOR INSTRUCTION

Some factors should be considered when selecting instructional media. These factors include:
learning styles, physical attributes of media, learning task or objectives, learner characteristics, cost,
learning environment, practical factors.

Learning style

What is Learning Style? Learning style is the preferred way of learning for an individual. It is the
preferential way in which an individual absorbs, processes, comprehends and retains information. In
one class, there are many learning styles. As teachers, we need to know that every student has a
different learning style. This will help us to give the best to our students.

There are three styles of learners

a) Visual Learners
b) Auditory Learners
c) Kinesthetic Learners

a) Visual Learners

Visual learners prefer to use their eyes to learn. To learn fast, they need to “see” the information or
material in one form or another. A visual learner prefers seeing and observing things. They learn best
by looking at pictures, videos, handouts, charts, diagrams, demonstrations and anything else that is
visual.

Tips to accommodate: In order to appeal to the learners can do the following, use charts, maps,
pictures, diagrams, watch videos, use highlighters to emphasize vocabulary or key words, underline
information etc.

b) Auditory Learners

Auditory learners learn best by listening. They prefer to hear information. They learn best when they
are able to hear the teacher explain an idea or a concept. They like listening and talking. They tell
wonderful stories and solve problems by “talking” about them. They easily repeat statements back
to the teacher. They like class discussions, working in groups or with a study partner. They read
notes and texts out loud. They record notes, key information, lectures and listen to regularly.

Tips to accommodate: In order to appeal to auditory learners, teachers can do the following: Ask the
students to record themselves, and listen back. Give them audiotapes of your lectures. During peer
groups, students take turns listening to one another. Read material aloud to the students. Class
readings, verbal repetitions, class discussions. Have students read aloud. Let them put information
into a rhythmic pattern/ poem/song.

c) Kinesthetic Learners

Someone who learns best kinesthetically prefers a more hands- on- experience to learning. Learners
who prefer this style can be thought of as “hands on” learners. They need to do an activity, practice
a skill or manipulate material physically in order to learn most effectively. They like to touch, feel
and hold when learning. They like using their body. Students who learn kinesthetically are able to
grasp ideas and concepts when they are able to experience the material you are teaching, hands on.
They take notes.
Tips for Accommodation: In order to appeal to these types of students, you can do the following:
They can use their bodies when learning (snap, clap, tap etc.). Use objects to help them understand
a concept. Use a variety of different art (crayons, textured paper, markers). Fieldtrips are good for
kinesthetic learners.

2) Physical Attributes of media

What can be seen, touched, observed; weight, colour, size, shape, height, length.

3) Learning Task or Objectives

These has to do with the learning activities that are likely to result in achieving the intended learning
outcomes (objective). Some of the activities which students may be involved in include: listening to
a recorded talk, written task, drawing, note taking etc.

4) Learner characteristics

Age, gender, level/ class/ability level, social and emotional development. Their interest, experiences,
motivations etc.

5) Cost

Cost in terms of finances, material and time.

- Creating

- Technical support needed in media-based teaching.

- Maintenance cost; content replacement or updating.

- Time is money. Think of the time you will spend.

6) Learning Environment

- Learning environment refers to the diverse physical locations, contexts and cultures in which
students learn.

- Physical locations; space/ nature of classroom, lighting, electricity.

- Seats

- Sounds

- Chalkboard

7) Practical Factors

- Characteristics of the teachers such as the persons skills, attitudes preferences.

-Availability of time

- Ease to use media

- Maintenance of the media

- Cost constrains

- Economic and political constraints.

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