Interactive Learning: Navigating a French Collège (EdPuzzle)
Project Overview: Designing for Active Cultural Interpretation Category: E-Learning & Interactive Content (Instructional Design Module) Tool Used: EdPuzzle (Interactive Video Quizzing) Target Audience: Novice-level French students (e.g., 7th–8th Grade French I). Need Addressed: Students need context and accountability when viewing authentic cultural videos to ensure comprehension and active vocabulary retrieval. The Instructional Challenge Authentic videos, such as those from TV5 Monde , provide rich cultural and linguistic input, but passive viewing results in low retention. The challenge was to transform a continuous video stream—showing students interacting in a French collège —into an active learning experience that forces the immediate processing of new vocabulary and cultural norms. Instructional Design & Interaction Strategy This project focuses on applying the principles of Design for Memory and Attention by strategically integrating retrieval practice direc...
