Title: Interactive Learning Resource (Draft) Peer Review

Date: 21st June,2024

Reviewer Group: Group A

Link:https://classroom.google.com/c/NjkwNDg3NTM2Mjky?cjc=3e3ahli

Overview/Structure

The learning resource aims to educate elementary school teachers on the importance of physical activity and how to incorporate it into their classrooms. The resource, which starts with an introduction and progresses through various lessons is well-structured and easy to follow. Each lesson is designed to be interactive and engaging with proper use of text, videos, audio, and practical activities.

Clarity

Strengths:

The course is clear and concise, which can guide the student step by step in understanding how physical activity in elementary schools benefits students from different angles and understanding the goal of the course. Moreover, the audio can accommodate various types of learners who want to participate, and it is amicable for the blind. Moreover, key concepts and words are properly defined, and their relevance is explained with well-explained examples.

Suggestion:

  • Maybe consider creating PowerPoint presentations for those who prefer reading or disability people
    • Addition suggestion: Maybe combine the audio with PowerPoint.
  • Try to add brief summaries at the end of each lesson to reinforce key points.
  • Maybe incorporate more real-life classroom scenarios to demonstrate the benefits of physical activities.

Alignment

Strengths:

The learning objectives for each lesson align well with the provided learning content, ensuring a cohesive learning experience. For example, the small quizzes along with content materials describe the lesson topic well and don’t go out of topic. Also, the activities provided, such as exercise breaks and classroom discussions reinforce the learning objectives through hands-on experience on the theoretical concepts taught. The alignment between the learning objectives and content ensures each lesson is well-structured, providing a clear and concise outflow of relevant knowledge. 

Suggestions:

  • We feel that showing explicit connections between the objectives and their respective audio/video files and activities in text format can make the alignment more apparent. Although most teachers should be able to come to the proper conclusion of their relations, we feel that it would be a more foolproof plan to explicitly state them. 

Interactivity

Strengths:

The use of multimedia, such as videos and audio files, enhances engagement and caters to various learning styles. Activities like exercise breaks and class discussions effectively encourage active participation. This dynamic approach ensures that learners are both engaged and involved, creating a more interactive and enriching educational experience.

Suggestion:

  • Another possible addition could be to include interactive case studies that simulate classroom situations and decision-making.
  • It could be less daunting if you add and merge discussion questions and quizzes from platforms like Kahoot to deepen engagement. This allows the ability to access 3 quiz questions in one form. 

Inclusivity

Strengths:

Group E’s learning resource is impressively accessible, catering to teachers regardless of their technical proficiency. It is especially considerate to include audio components and thorough accessibility instructions, which guarantee that visually impaired students can interact with the content to the fullest.

Suggestions:

  • It seems to us that providing transcripts for all audio files would better support students with hearing difficulties.
  • To accommodate students with different degrees of prior knowledge, it could be helpful to add definitions or audio explanations for complex vocabulary. Although I see a section on it in lesson 1, maybe add one in the other lecture sections or a glossary section.
  • In our opinion, by using case studies, we can create more inclusive, practical learning experiences where students can see how the content is used in real-life scenarios.

Technology Use and Rationale

Strengths:

Google Classroom is an incredibly user-friendly platform that makes it simple for teachers and students to interact with the course material. The smooth incorporation of Google Drive links and YouTube videos in each lesson also improves accessibility and makes the course materials easier to understand.

Suggestions:

  • It could be a good idea to vary the platforms on which videos and activities are hosted to avoid any potential access problems.
  • Maybe providing offline options for educators with spotty internet access, such as having information that can be downloaded or choices for offline access could be immensely beneficial.

Presentation

Strengths:

The visually appealing and easily navigable resource helps sustain learners’ interest and enhances the engagement of the subject. Having the resource divided into multiple lessons makes it look cleaner and easier to navigate through. 

Suggestions:

  • However, we would suggest dialling it back a bit and maybe combining a few sections in each lesson to prevent cluttering. It seems to me that organizing the course sections more effectively could prevent a cluttered appearance as more units are added, ensuring clarity and ease of navigation..

Citations

Strengths: 

All referenced studies are properly cited, which adds credibility to the resource.

Conclusion:

Overall, the Interactive Learning Resource was easy to understand and guided the learner to reach the goal of the course. It just needs to adjust some of the content and add more technology to make the resource perfect.

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