Question 1-: What was your Bad News score (take a screenshot)? Which multimedia learning principles does the game follow and not follow? How could you improve the game?

The Bad news game follows the spatial contiguity principle and segmenting principles from the multimedia learning principles in the majority(getbadnews).

While there are multimedia principles that the game doesn’t follow are related to the narration such as voice principles and modality principles.  

Question 2-: Post a picture of your sketchnote you created and discuss which learning theories and multimedia learning principles relate to Sketchnoting and how.

The learning theories which related to the sketchnoting is dual coding theory. As it all about making a connection in terms of visuals.

The sketchnoting is based on the temporal contiguity principle which aims towards learning through corresponding words simultaneously.

Question 3-: Could Sketchnoting be helpful to you in your school work or in life in general? Why might it be helpful? How might it not be so helpful?

Yes, Sketchnoting is very helpful to me in school work or in life in general as it helps in understanding the context of whole textual message. Specifically, it allows me to use my creative thinking in saving time and noting down the important school notes or quick notes on a book. It generally becomes useful when highlighting important text or picture in a book. It might not be helpful in addressing the whole text or conveying a message which is long or lengthy.

Question 4-:What active learning methods are we using in EDCI 337?

In the course EDCI337, we are using various active learning methods such as collaborative virtual classroom, problem-solving with using data & Tools, Online discussion boards, Game-based learning and learning by teaching.

References

Badnews. Getbadnews. 2021. Online. 22 March 2021.