Hey Sam! While I read the first line of your blog post all I could think about what the video Rich shared about the history of learning theories. This is because, like in the video, you explain that these theories and methods have all been around for centuries, and it is not the ideas that are new but our realization of the benefits and disadvantages of both these theories and methods.
I felt a familiarity with your comment about being unaware of learning during the virus game. I can automatically recall the elementary school typing program “All the Right type” which taught us the basics of keyboard typing while simply playing computer games.
I agree with your final comment about “multimedia and interactive learning being more inclusive to a wider range of learners” especially at a time like we are in now where learning is becoming almost completely online experiences and students are desperate for the ability to have interactive experiences with their peers and teachers any way they can. I wonder, what are your thoughts for the future post-COVID-19 world? Do you think that by students having this new opportunity of online learning and new multimedia teaching techniques that students will gain more as far as knowledge retention and understanding and maybe? Or do you think learners are stuck in our past of “I talk, and you listen?
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