Providing learning support to students
Undertaking this project required the installation and use of an online
tool, EpiCollect5, which the school had not used before. Teaching the
students how to download and use this tool was a further task that many
students could find daunting, even in a supportive classroom
environment. Moreover, there were students in the class who would
struggle with learning via extended written instructions.
Online visual media (i.e. instructional videos) were used to assist the
students in understanding how to install and use EpiCollect5. These
videos provided step by step visual instructions, that the students
could pause, and re-watch as often as they needed. Unfortunately,
students who lacked access to an electronic device or the internet
needed to rely on the physical resource documents and the support of
their guardian.