How to "Make" a Meaningful Learner with Multimedia Instruction

" How to make a meaningful learner?" this question stays in my mind these days.

in a fortuitous situation, I encountered the book Cambridge Multimedia Learning Handbook, which inspired me with utilizing technology in classroom teaching. "Meaningful Learner" is a term mentioned in the book. "How to make students meaningful learners in K-12 level teaching" becomes a question in my classes recently. 

Besides "meaningful learner", students and I also discussed "multimedia learning and instruction", "behavioral activity vs. cognitive activity", " Technology-centered vs. Learner-centered", " two goals of learning" and "three kinds of multimedia learning outcomes"

I asked each student to teach me a word within 20 seconds using multimedia instruction. And I learned "bae", "emoji", "exotic", "syzygy", "swag", "xenphobic", "impavid", "pyrophoric" and "pretzel". 

However, I haven't reached "meaningful learning" yet, which asks for a good remembering as well as good understanding. But my students and I are going to "dig" it more with multimedia teaching/learning

The picture attached is the word "emoji" presented with multimedia. 

Goals of Taking 880J

The topic of TEAC880J is Technology Integration on Language Arts. As the rapid development of technology as well as its gradual-vital role in education field,  integrating technological teaching strategies is a research-worthy and practical-worth area. Furthermore, the learning of utilizing technology into classroom teaching and learning never ceases. I am interested in learning how to integrate technology into classroom teaching and what the difficulties teachers and students encounter in the high-tech literacy environment.