Category: Assignment 3 – Multimedia Skills

For my updated multimedia learning object, I decided to revisit my sketchnoting assignment. I chose to redo this particular sketch as I believe the organization and clarity of my work could have been done better. To start I made the title and objective of my sketch more clear by filling in the letters, this made the entire sketch seem more professional. I wanted my sketch to be educational and precise so I decided to sketch out the steps written by the Government of Canada on how to wash your hands. This topic is particularly important in the age of the COVID19 pandemic and I thought a quick step-by-step sketchnote would be appropriate to complete.

While sketching out the information provided in the article I made sure to follow the Coherence Principle by only writing/drawing out the important information. Only including simple text and simple visuals that relate directly to my learning topic helps the overall flow of my information. I also presented the information in segments by writing out 5 steps to follow along with. This uses the Segmenting Principle as peoplelearn best when information is presented in segments, rather than one long continuous stream. 

Overall I believe this sketchnote is much more straight forward and informative on what my chosen article is talking about.

For my updated multimedia learning object assignment, I decided to revisit my screencast video demonstration. I found my first screencast video to be a little messy and unorganized as I wasn’t very familiar with the recording and editing process. I believe I’ve upgraded my recording skills and created a much smoother video demonstration. I made sure to take my time explaining the content and wanted to ensure I was properly showing the correct steps. In order to make my screencast video more effective, I recorded myself showing the steps in shorter videos and merged them all together in the editing process. This made me less nervous about messing up as it was not all in one take. Once I put all the steps together, the video was easier to understand and simpler to follow along with.  I wanted to focus on the multimedia principles when revisiting my screencast video to make sure I was creating an inviting learning environment for viewers. I focused on the Temporal Contiguity Principle by making sure my words were corresponding with the visuals on screen. I also made sure to not speak too fast and to enunciate as much as I could. The Temporal Contiguity Principle revolves around the teaching of a new process and states that humans learn best when the visuals occur at the same time as the voiceover audio. This is something I made sure to follow when updating my video. Another multimedia learning principle I wanted to follow this time around was the Segmenting Principle. The Segmenting Principle states that we learn best when information is presented in segments. As I mentioned before I broke down my explanation into different parts to make the lesson flow better. I added a voice recording at the start to overview what I was going to be demonstrating to make sure I wasn’t jumping into it too fast. I also broke up the first downloading process and the final posting of the image into 2 sections by inserting a title box between them. This made the lesson less fast pace and showed that there were 2 separate parts to my demonstration.