Module 4: Principles of Learning Design and Active Learning

In this module, I learned about learning design and active learning principles. I explored H5P, a tool that allows you to create, share and reuse a variety of interactive and engaging learning activities. I also created a lesson plan using Backword Design Principle. At the end, I reflected on my experience.

H5P

LESSON PLAN – Importance of Playing Sports

Overview

In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of playing sports and what are the different types of sports. Sports play a important role in individual and societal development, contributing to physical health, mental well-being, social skills, and character building.

Lesson Objectives

By the end of the lesson:

1. learners will be able to understand the importance of playing sports and how it affects physical and mental health.
2. learners will be able to learn about different types of sports.
3. learners will be able to knowingly participate in sports activity.
4. learners will be able to know about skills that sports teaches us.

Read/Watch

• How playing sports benefits your body … and your brain – Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh – (4 minutes) – A video that will help understand how playing sports benefits body and brain.
• List of Sports: Types of Sports and Games in English | Sports List – (4 minutes)- A video which shows the images and names of almost all the sports.
• What Are Two Advantages & Disadvantages of Children’s Participation in Sports? – (2 minutes) – A video which tells about the pro and cons of participation of children in sports activities.
• The skills sports teach us that we take into other areas of life – (15 minutes read) – The article explains the skills and also provides quotes of some sportsperson who talks about their sports and skills.

Content

• The teacher will began with an introduction by asking students question’s like ” which sports do you like?”, “which sports do you play ?”, “who is your favourite sportsperson?”.
• The teacher will draw pictures of equipments of sports and will ask students to guess that particular sport.
• The teacher will then explain the importance of playing sports and how it affects the physical and mental health.
• The teacher will then explain how playing sports will help students build skills like teamwork, discipline, patience, leadership, endurance, etc.
• The teacher will share some stories of successful and unsuccessful sports carrier of the students he taught, this will help students prevent mistakes and choose the right sports path.

Application

Students will complete H5P activities – Multiple Choice Question, Word Search and Image and Question – to test their knowledge of the topics and learn more from it.

Students will do a brief physical activity/YOGA to understand the immediate impact of exercise on well-being.

Students will walk through all the sports facility which the institution provides, and simultaneously will be given opportunity ( informed) to participate in that sports.

Students will be encouraged to share any sports experience or stories during the lesson.

Sticky Notes: Student will be provided with sticky notes where they will write one thing which they find very interesting during the lesson.

Reflection

Students will form a group of 4 students and will be asked to share some insights of the lesson, the questions about the discussion will be:

1. Which is your favourite sport and why ?
2. Why is playing sports important? what benefits does it provides?
3. Give an example of a crazy experience( good or bad) you had while playing sports?
4. Before this lesson, have you gained any skills while playing sports? if yes, please explain. If no, which skills would you love to gain and which sports would you choose for that skills.

The students will write a report about the reflection question discussed in groups.

To Do This Week

• Watch the video on How playing sports benefits your body … and your brain – Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh – (4 minutes) – A video that will help understand how playing sports benefits body and brain.
• Watch the video on List of Sports: Types of Sports and Games in English | Sports List – (4 minutes)- A video which shows the images and names of almost all the sports.
• Watch the video on What Are Two Advantages & Disadvantages of Children’s Participation in Sports? – (2 minutes) – A video which tells about the pro and cons of participation of children in sports activities.
• Read the article on The skills sports teach us that we take into other areas of life – (15 minutes read) – The article explains the skills and also provides quotes of some sportsperson who talks about their sports and skills.
• Complete H5P activity: Multiple Choice Question
• Complete H5P activity: Word Search
• Complete H5P activity: Image and Question
• Write on sticky notes- one thing which you find very interesting during the lecture.
• Students will form a group of 4 students, discuss question’s together and then write a report about the discussion.

References

TED-Ed. (2016, June 28). How playing sports benefits your body … and your brain – Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh[Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/hmFQqjMF_f0?si=srGdI5eUK-0-cQpG

7ESL Learning English. (2018,March 28). List of Sports: Types of Sports and Games in English | Sports List[Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/i2yhyaNb4ac?si=byjZIZngz2tIBsks

LIVESTRONG.COM. (2015, June 16). What Are Two Advantages & Disadvantages of Children’s Participation in Sports?[Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Kkhmn7n0Zzg?si=OPvQwtTCj4pR3HJK

Inspiresport. The skills sports teach us that we take into other areas of life. doi: https://www.inspiresport.com/the-skills-sports-teach-us-that-we-take-into-other-areas-of life/#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20many%20benefits,don’t%20go%20to%20plan.

For H5P image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Pollock_to_Hussey.jpg/1200px-Pollock_to_Hussey.jpg

Reflection Question:

Q) What was your experience of trying out H5P? Which of the activities do you think you would make most use of in your teaching context and what would you use them to do? Which ones do you think require the most resources to create?

This is my first time using H5P and it is another amazing tool i have found in this course. There are so many activities available in H5P which gives us a range of option’s to choose from.

I think there are activities in H5P like quizzes, charts and dialogue cards, etc. which will help the teacher to teach the content more easily and will help the students to understand the content more thoroughly. If I made a video for learning purpose, I can use the activity “interactive video” which will help me to add features like quizzes, MCQ, tables, fill in the blanks, in my video and the video will be more effective in providing knowledge to the learner. There are activities like “Memory game” and “Find the word” which can be used in lesson to make the lesson more fun and engaging.

I have explored around 10 of the activities out of 52 in H5P and i feel most of them are very easy to use. The activity which may require more resources may be “interactive video” because in order to use this activity, you will have to direct your video accordingly which will take lot of extra time, plus adding the activities features in the video will also take time and resources.