ARK: Signalling With Text and Media Areas

The challenge when developing documentation and training on educational technology is that technology and pedagogy have to engage in a symbiotic relationship. Placed in binary, if you only have the pedagogy but not the skills to use the technology – you have a resourcing gap and both teaching staff and students alike will be frustrated. On the other hand, if you have the technical skills but not the design or pedagogical understanding to use the technology appropriately, bad design can also get in the way of students learning effectively.

With that tension in mind, this guide will aim to teach how a basic multimedia learning principle can be applied using a very simple technique on ARK. On the pedagogy side we’re going to be looking at the design principle of Signalling and on the technology side, we’re going to be using Text and Media Areas to achieve that on ARK.

A recording of the live presentation at Teaching Conference 2023 can be viewed or click through to each of the 4 parts to the guide for a written walkthrough.