Category: Assignment 2 – Blog Feedback

Hi Kate,

Your post was so insightful! I wasn’t aware of Stable Diffusion and its capabilities, thanks so much for sharing! I agree with how visual aids are helpful in terms of increasing engagement, but as you said, learning outcomes are just as important. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with UDL Guidelines, but they’re a great way to optimize learning for your users – I believe this can be especially helpful for aspects of storytelling. I mentioned this concept in my blog post so feel free to take a look! In terms of McCue’s video, did you find the static images to be engaging? I found it challenging to focus my attention as the images did not capture my interest compared to a moving video.

Hi Olivia! You did a great job with your sketchnote! I noticed you also used the signaling principle which was a great way to highlight and emphasize on key ideas/headings. I’m also not the best at drawing so I understand the struggle! If it helps I suggest to potentially paste in already made drawings to help with engagement in your sketchnote! https://www.flaticon.com/ has been a great resource for me. Otherwise, the way you organized your notes was well done! Based on your experience, do you think you’ll continue using sketchnotes? I discovered that visually seeing how concepts connect with each other has been a huge help in the past

Thomas, your screencast was so enjoyable! I noticed your presentation slides were visually appealing and easy to understand. Your narrative complemented the text on screen very well and the entire process was very educational! I really liked how you used the Signaling Principle throughout your screencast (e.g., use of header slides), as it helped your audience anticipate what each section was about. Your use of the redundancy principle was also relieving to see (e.g., not using too much text on top of graphics and narration), as we both seem to agree from our personal experiences that the field of academics is constantly struggling with this. This was such an insightful and enjoyable experience. Looking forward to reading more of your work!