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.