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Multimodal learning framework: leveraging best practices to support students

January 19, 2022

Global

Multimodal learning framework: leveraging best practices to support students

January 19, 2022

Global
Phillip Cornell

Principal

Phillip Cornell is a principal at Economist Impact, where he has led the Policy & Insights team in the Americas Read complete bio

The 2021-22 Multimodal Learning Framework is an Economist Impact report, sponsored by Microsoft Education, that provides faculty educators with insights for how to successfully implement longer term multimodal learning approaches and address critical progress and learning equity gaps identified in previous reports.

By leveraging compelling insights from faculty and student surveys, expert interviews and desk research, this report provides a playbook of best practices to support educators’ use of multimodal learning to achieve a range of outcomes. These outcomes include reaching broader and more diverse student bases; integrating learning with technology-enabled platforms; motivating students to compose ideas in different modes and encouraging deeper connections to learning concepts; offering students the opportunity to participate in a range of cognitive and social learning activities that are responsive to their needs; and setting a platform for faculty educators to shift their emphasis from the delivery of instruction to the engagement of their learners.

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