My H5P Question Set – Simple Animal Quiz

Sample Lesson Plan for Animal Learning

How have you found the balance of passive and active learning in this course for your learning? How does it compare to your experience in other courses?

I have found a really good balance of passive and interactive learning within this course. I think this is one of the first courses where every module has multiple interactive options to explore. The material really supplements the interactive options that I get to try out after being exposed to the topic. I have a hard time reading through blocks of text or listening to long lectures, so this has really helped concepts solidify in my mind. In my Statistics and Math classes I do get the chance to try new software, but it is usually one per class. In addition, the exploration with these types of software is extremely limited and rather boring. Instead of getting to use the software for any topic I would like in this class, our explorations are limited to what we are learning. Additionally, the programs I use in my other class are either dated or can only be used at the UVic computer labs. It’s really nice that what I have learnt in this class I can use at home and for other classes.

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?

I was surprised at how simple H5P was to use. I decided to go with a simple question set because I wanted to see how it compared to google forms which I have often used. I was happy with how simple the program was to use and how many additional options there were compared to google forms. The progress bar at the bottom can be animated, whereas in google forms it is a simple “page 1 of 3” for example. I really liked the quiz options as these are what I am most comfortable using. I think the interactive video could be really useful for a tutorial such as a science experiment where kids need to follow along. Flashcards could be good for a vocabulary quiz or simple content based studying. Sort the paragraphs would be useful for needing to know the steps to a lab or even memorizing a play.