This week we talked about the multimedia learning hypothesis. Essentially it means that people can learn more from words and pictures than from words alone. This idea can be linked to teaching practices in many classrooms. An example of how a bicycle pump works proves how the learning hypothesis has been supported.
Instructive, seductive, and decorative graphics are all different uses of images in educational formats.
Decorative: Looks nice, but does not show anything that the text works to show you.
Seductive: Looks great, oftentimes superfluous. Not directly relevant to the instructional goal.
Instructive: Only shows what the text or speaker is talking about. Directly related.
We also talked about the differences between pixel-based designs versus vectors.
Finally, we ended the class with some trials and a lot of errors while experimenting with AI. I used Photoshop and Adobe Stock to generate my header, though I also experimented with Microsoft and DALL-E.
I find this tool will be extremely useful in my future classrooms, both for myself as an educator and as a student tool. I imagine that students could work on short stories for a few days and we would finish it off by designing a title page using Microsoft Designer. I will definitely use Designer in my Powerpoint presentations for future classes.
