Written text and online video are two consistently used methods for delivering course content to students. Below are other options to consider:
Content Delivery Formats Opportunities and Challenges
| Content Delivery |
Opportunities |
Challenges |
| Video |
- Create a personal connection
- Explain complex material visually
- Take virtual field trips
- Control playback
|
- Time-consuming to produce
- Need to consider if content lends itself to visual medium
- Need to consider accessibility
|
| Audio |
- Portable and easy to listen to while multi-tasking
- Helps provide a personal connection with instructor
|
- No way to simultaneously show graphics or images to reinforce concepts
- Must provide transcripts for accessibility
|
| Text |
- Efficient to create
- Easy for users to access
- Fewer accessibility concerns
|
- Low engagement
- Limited ability to use graphics or visuals to aid learning
|
| Graphics |
- Reinforce text-based content
- Increase learning
- Supported by multimedia theories of learning
|
- Distracting if not aligned with content
- Need to provide alternate text describing graphics for accessibility
|
| Synchronous Sessions |
- Promote instructor and learner presence
- Allow for immediate feedback
- Collaborate with other groups
- Invite guest speakers
- Host student presentations
|
- Require advanced planning
- Dependent on high-speed internet connection
- Can inhibit some students from participating
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