Final Design Documentation Designed using Canva AI based on my original stickman drawings and details panel descriptions. Project Overview For this project I created a comic titled Design Thinking Made Simple using the help of Canva AI. The goal of my comic was to teach the design thinking process in a way that feels realistic…
1. The Problem Students notice plastic waste at school. 2. Why It Matters Show overflowing bins. Student says “This is getting worse.” 3. Enter the Guide Design thinking introduced. 4. What Is Design Thinking Guide briefly explains it is a step by step problem solving method. 5. Empathize Students interview classmates and staff. 6. What…
Design Thinking Made Simple Image by Curated Lifestyle UNDERSTAND What is the challenge? The purpose of this comic is to explain the Design Thinking process in a clear, visual, and relatable way. Many students feel overwhelmed when beginning projects and may not fully understand how the stages of design thinking connect in practice. As shown…
Introduction Image found from YouTube Educational multimedia can either help people learn or make learning harder when it’s poorly designed. The Pepe Silvia meme shows someone trying to make sense of a confusing mess of information, which works as a good metaphor for cognitive overload. In this critique, I use learning theory to look at…
Image by Getty Images Before working through this module, I mostly thought of accessibility as something added at the end of a design process. I connected it with accommodations or adjustments for a small group of learners. After learning about accessible multimedia and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), my perspective changed. Accessibility is not just…
At my starting point, I joined EDCI 337 with a basic understanding of interactiveand multimedia learning. I am familiar with commonly used digital tools such as slidepresentations, document editors and simple visual design platforms like Canva. Thesetools have helped me organize information and communicate ideas clearly, especially inacademic and team settings. However, my experience with…
Unsplash Image by Getty Images This image stood out to me because it captures what active learning actually looks like in practice. Instead of students sitting and listening, they’re working together and actively involved in making sense of the material. Seeing learners collaborate like this shows the “shift” away from lecture-based teaching toward more participatory…
Before learning about theories of multimedia learning, I assumed that adding visuals to learning materials automatically made them better. It felt obvious that pictures, videos, and graphics would help people learn. After reading about Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML), I realized that this isn’t always true. Multimedia only works well when it’s designed…