Category: edci337-feedback

Lauryn’s Blog

Hey Lauryn! I love the comment you made about multimedia existing beyond the digital world. I have a feeling that when people think about the word that they automatically just assume that since it has the word “media” in it, it must be a digital form of technology.

I too have always struggled with online learning, with honestly the same reason as you, I couldn’t handle not having immediate feedback on my work. I used to use Khan academy for pretty much every question I had in high school (and even sometimes in university) and I believe that you’re right that it was the fact that we could hear the presenter speak to us and explain their actions that the material made more sense. I think that it is important to realize that teachers’ act of storytelling is fluid across all subjects of learning and can be beneficial or students regardless of the material/subject. For students to truly absorb and understand their learning we as teachers need to find ways to connect their own experiences to the course work.

Alison’s Blog

Hey Alison! Wow, I 100% connected to how you feel about technology in general. I have always been the type of person to get so frustrated by everything and anything technology that I have done my best to avoid it… well until now! I also connect with your realization about just how often we use and see multimedia every day without even realizing we do. To be completely honest, I didn’t realize just how “simple” the concept of multimedia was until now.

It’s interesting how the lessons we all remember the most are ones that involved a personal experience or story being told to us, I too can recall easily the lessons teachers added or shared their own experiences but for the life of me cannot tell you what Avogadro’s number is…

I agree with your feelings about lecture-style classes. I never understood the point of having pre-made notes in a class where the teacher simply just read them out to you. In those classes would also be the atmosphere that if you’re asking a question, you’re becoming a nuisance to the time parameters of the class. Why do you think universities moved in the direction of large lecture classes? Do you think they thought it was an able way to teach or maybe it was an easier decision?

Sam’s Education Adventure

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?