Using Dialog Cards
Dialog cards work well to present text, image and audio content to help learners make meaningful connections. It’s generally not good practice to use audio (narration), images and text together to present information at the same time as it may increase cognitive load for learners. However, the information on the dialog cards is “chunked” and learners control how fast and how often they go through the information. When audio is used, the learners tend to tune out extraneous visual information that they have already looked at on the front of the dialog card and focus in on the new information. The following examples, using just text and images only, provide learners with visual information to help them understand what children and adults look like at specific ages.
Note the images have been thoughtfully selected to show diversity groups, and copyright information has been included to model digital literacy. Also note that instructions on using the interactions are included. Even though an interaction may seem obvious to use, not all users think the same way, or have the same level of digital literacy.
Example 1
Click the blue Turn button to see the answer for each age group. To move to the next age group use the blue arrow icon to move.
Example 2
Click the blue Turn button to see the answer for each age group. To move to the next age group use the blue arrow icon to move.