Hello everyone! My name is Mirai Hayashi. I wanted to start off this blog by introducing myself through a screencast. I added the video below which you should be able to play.
https://watch.screencastify.com/v/4dAcZmSJAi8TipkOIhYW
Reflection Question Week 1
Which principles did you have in mind when you were creating your screencast this week?
Some principles I had in mind was the redundency principle by finding photos that would go with what I was talking about and just giving a bit of context behind each photo and also introducing myself through that. I personally love seeing photos and graphics that goes with the topic as well. Since it was just a introduction about myself I wanted to keep it short and simple so the viewer got to know me a bit more.
Of all the principles of Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning we looked at this week, which seem intuitive to you?
I think that all principles were really important to my learning. Mayer highlights that understadning how we learn and how to effectively deliver the material is the key to better learning for everyone. I do think that Active Processing has been such a big part of my daily life and learning since I am billingual I am doubling the amount of language and interpretations in my mind. Sometimes I find it intresting that there are some words in the english language that I cannot explain clearly in japanese and vice versa japanese to english.
Extraneuos load was also mentioned in the reading and I really do find it intuitive to my learning process. When the pandemic hit and school went online I found it hard to learn because of the delievery method of classes. I think online classes got a bad reputation becuase of this. However when I took my first class where classes were organized and well structured included more interactive activities and some grpahics to go along with the text and lecture material it helped tremendously. I do think online learning is underrated and it can be developed to be a better structure by using and exploring multimedia sources.
jdool
2023-02-18 — 2:39 pm
Hi Mirai!
Thank you for your blog post! I liked the little slideshow screencast you put together, and incorporated into your post for us to get to know you, super fun! I also really enjoyed reading your post and your ability to relate the course material to your personal experiences. I 100% agree with the increase in extraneous load we students were under when classes were delivered online, it was definitely a quick learning shift. Most of my friends were not huge fans of online learning, although I somewhat didn’t mind it. Even though it was a little unorganized at the beginning, the structure got better overtime and allowed us to learn how to prepare for assessments in a different way than in-person school. So in that case, I also agree with your mention that online learning can definitely be beneficial and developed into a great learning opportunity/ tool!