H5P, problem-solving competence, problem-solving tasks, interactivity

Students’ key competencies are considered an important part of the 21st-century skill set. These competencies allow the student to succeed now as well as in the future, on both personal and professional levels. Students should be encouraged to develop their problem-solving skills. In order to master this competency, students need to use not only knowledge from different fields, but also their cognitive, analytical, decision-making and communication skills. Interactive teaching aids can be used for this purpose in all educational areas and different school types. Featuring interactivity and various multimedia elements, these aids allow students to engage multiple senses at the same time. That is what makes these innovative teaching aids effective and therefore popular. The H5P language allows for the creation of new interactive teaching aids. Moreover, thanks to the native display of multimedia content in the web environment, it also allows for the use of the original source. The paper is aimed at using H5P interactive tasks to help elementary school students develop their problem-solving skills. It includes practical examples of H5P tasks such as Branching Scenario or Drag and Drop which can encourage activity and curiosity, thus helping students find a way to solve a problem. It explains how each task can be used in instruction as well as what is required to create the particular task. Particular attention is paid to feedback, which consolidates knowledge. The tasks presented in the paper should be available to those who participate in education.