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Multimodal Learning
Environment Project
By: Hannah Choi
The Underground Railroad: Escape
from SlaveryThe Underground Railraod: Escape from Slavery is a multimodal learning environment (MmLE) that was designed to teach students about slaves during the late 1800s on their journey to freedom. The MmLE is divided into 4 sections: On the Plantation, Escape,
Reaching Safety, and Reaching Freedom. Each section has a passage and buttons that open up to an informational section, slideshow, or a small tab
of facts.
New York State Learning Standards for Social Studies
Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments,
and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.
MmLE URL
The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery
Moreno & Mayer’s Interactive Multimodal Learning Environments
Moreno and Mayer described five principles for the design of interactive multimodal learning
environments in their article; two out of the five are contained in this MmLE. This MmLE had features that were connected to the guided
activity principle and pacing principle.
Moreno & Mayer’s Guided Activity Principle
The Guided Activity Principle allows students to “interact with a pedagogical agent who helps guide
their cognitive processing” and “encourages essential and generative processing by prompting students to engage in the selection, organization, and integration of new information.” (Moreno, R. & Mayer, R., 2007, p. 316) In this MmLE, students are guided through four
stages that slaves endure on their journey to freedom. At these stages, students have the opportunity of
selecting various buttons that reveal different information about the stage.
Moreno & Mayer’s Pacing Principle
The Pacing Principle allows students to “control the pace of presentation of the instructional materials” and “reduces representational holding by allowing students to process
smaller chunks of information in working memory.” (Moreno, R. & Mayer, R., 2007, p. 316) In this MmLE
students can control their pace by using the “continue” button located on the bottom right of the simulation or go
to another stage by clicking on the stage above the picture. This allows students to pause and navigate
through the stage on their own pace. Students also have the option of clicking on the headphone button, which
reads the information out loud.