When you traditionally think about presenting material, acquisition would be how course writers normally do this. Acquisition activities include things like listening to lectures, watching presentations and reading books and web articles. It is a teacher-controlled process and the only learning type of the six where learners are not required to do anything.
When designing pre-session material for a face to face class it is reasonable to have an acquisition-heavy online component, as a lot of the other learning types would be covered in the face to face session. However, with fully-remote delivery it’s important to diversify, and make sure you include as many of the six learning types as possible, to create a rich and effective learning experience for students.
Top tips
When designing or curating instructional content, make it reflective. Link back to previous learning so students can see how new concepts connect with what they already know about a topic. This provides a good foundation for acquiring new knowledge.
Don’t reinvent the wheel. There are many resources either freely available or accessible with an Imperial account that you can use to enhance your instructional content. For example, Clinicalkey and Jove (available with your Imperial log in), both contain hundreds of scientific videos that you can use in your teaching. Click here for a comprehensive list of multimedia resources available to you.