Harnessing Transmedia Learning: How to Optimize Your Productivity with Learning Science, Media, and Technology

A long-time goal of educators, developers, researchers, and policy-makers alike is that ecosystems of learning applications will someday provide adaptive, personalized learning that is facilitated by data shared among technologies. However, until the technical promise is fully realized, learners are still largely on their own to make sense of increasing amounts of information from disparate, unconnected sources. Learners generally lack the strategic support to learn across devices and engage in connected learning anytime, anywhere, with anyone. We can disrupt this cycle when we use learning science strategies, tailored media choices, and our favorite technologies to incentivize rich, connected transmedia learning experiences. Applying learning science strategies for self-paced, transmedia learning “in the wild” can augment professional courses. Using several use cases as examples, this tutorial will demonstrate how learners can develop their own personalized transmedia learning frameworks (TLF) for self-directed learning when engaging with massively open online courses (MOOC), podcasts, social media, videos, and more.