Dr. Sacha Johnson from Idaho State University presented at the Quality in Action Quality Matters (QM) conference in April a session entitled “Don’t just click next! Increase instructional interactivity instead.” Johnson is a Senior Instructional Designer. The session outcomes were to define instructional interactivity and identify ways to add instructional interactivity with direct connections to SRS 5.2 and 6.2. Johnson defined active learning using the QM Rubric: “Involves learning engaging by ‘doing’ something, such as discovering, processing, or applying concepts and information.” Instructional interactivity was defined by citing Allen 2013: interaction that actively stimulates the learner’s mind to do those things that improve the ability and readiness to perform effectively.” Among the misconceptions, Johnson noted that presentation and navigation can be passive. Johnson spoke about using H5P to include instructional interactivity and formative assessment. They also noted that there will be an OER H5P hub. One question asked was how well does H5P work with screen readers, and Johnson talked about an H5P website that has examples of which content types are accessible. Johnson mentioned some instructors like developing content with Lumi and then uploading it. Johnson had several examples of different H5P activities. Without H5P, quiz tools can provide specific feedback and provide attempts. Johnson mentioned using Agamoto H5P activities and embedding them in Moodle Lessons to then ask open-ended questions about specific parts. Johnson also mentioned using the Glossary tool. This session shared several tools for selecting appropriate H5P activities or non-H5P tools to include interactivity and keep learners cognitively engaged.
