For this assignment, I consider the current understanding of multimedia learning principles, using the infographic in Blog4 as the basis for reflecting on aspects of production that are not reasonable enough, and embedding new theories learned later to update and improve the way of showing the theory of Teaching Presence.
When I first used Visme to create the infographic, I did not have enough experience and did not consider that the infographic should be more concise and convenient for presenting ideas and conveying information, and in addition, I realized in the feedback of the assignment that Italic text is harder to read and so on.
This is the previous infographic on teaching presence:
My initial infographic was overloaded with textual content, although the color scheme was bright and contrasting, the presentation of the content was not suitable for the audience’s understanding and memory, and later I felt that presenting a viewpoint or concept to the audience in an infographic way might be less engaging for the audience than a video. Maybe infographic can’t include some of the more complicated concepts very well, I feel that because of its characteristics, I can’t add a lot of text description, but too simple to fully explain the concept, so I made a short video to better explain to the audience.
Accessibility
I believe that educational media or software should be designed to meet the needs of all people, such as people with dyslexia, or people with visual impairment, and short videos provide both audio and images, so I think that through video people can observe the main points in the video and listen to the narration at the same time.
Mayer’s segmentation principle
By using Mayer’s segmentation principle when producing this Storytelling with Video type of short video makes the video feel clearer because it is presented in segments, which allows the viewer to control the pace of their learning.
And the overall color is relatively soft, which makes people feel more at ease. In addition, I think through the video, the viewer can feel more immersed in something new, and thus become interested in it.
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