2. Synthesis Project about Multimedia Learning
Kyle Lee
Contents
Section 1 - My Personal Learning Preferences 3
Section 2 - My Learning Pathway 4
Section 3 - Contribution of Activities 5
Section 4 - Top 3 Social Technologies 6
Section 5 - My Use of Mobile Technologies 7
Section 6 - Future Use of the Technologies 8
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3. Synthesis Project about Multimedia Learning
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My scores when I first took the survey were: 3
towards REF, 3 towards SEN, 11 towards VIS, and
Section 1 3 towards GLO. I’m not sure if much has changed
about the way I perceive my learning preferences.
I feel that I’ve always been pretty sure of who I am
My Personal Learning Preferences as a learner, but it is interesting to go through this
class and be active in things that maybe show me
something a little different than what I might have
thought about myself. I always knew that I was more
partial to learning through visuals, but I am also trying
to look at the details more now that I’ve taken this
class. Seems like it would be a great place for me to
grow as a learner.
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I feel that I began the class with the mindset that I
would be a learning Sage. I wanted to learn about
Section 2 new technologies and websites. I think that I was
very successful in doing this through the class. There
were many online resources that I was not familiar
My Learning Pathway with until using them in this class, and I think that
I will be able to use some of them throughout my
career. I didn’t change my pathway, but I do find
that I would like to implement what I have learned
more thoroughly in to the rest of my learning career
(becoming a Warrior).
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Screencasts really helped me understand the
possibilities of using multimedia technologies to
Section 3 learn. It was perfect that screencasts were used for
the lectures in this class also, because it reinforced
the understanding of the technology through having
Contribution of Activities experience with it. I think that screencasts area
great multimedia technology to use to learn things.
Online video tutorials to learn almost anything can
be effective. Multimedia can really accommodate
learners that need something visual to accompany
their education. Screencasts are useful because the
student can rewind the videos and listen again until
they get it.
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6. Synthesis Project about Multimedia Learning
Kyle Lee Screencasts are great. They work perfectly for my learning
preferences. I think that there are many incidents where you could
just want to look up some visual tutorial of how to do something on
youtube, and it could help you greatly. Screencasts provide content
through a visual delivery, which lends itself to people that are more
inclined to learn from visual applications. Screencasts can also be
Section 4 slowed down or replayed, which helps people learn at their own pace
until they grasp the content. Sometimes, traditional forms of education
can make students feel that they are being rushed.
Top 3 Multimedia Technologies
Podcasts can be a very useful tool for students and teachers also. They
didn’t really apply effectively for me, but I think that the technology is
really cool. Being able to subscribe to a lecture is a really interesting
concept. A whole class can be held through lectures on podcasts.
There are similar benefits to podcasts as screencasts, one of which is
the ability to control the pace of your education. Stopping, rewinding,
replaying and other functions can be very helpful to people trying to
understand a concept but need to slow down a bit.
Multimedia in general is a great tool for education. It allows people
who have a variety of learning preferences to participate in and
understand the content. Screencasts and podcasts are great for their
functions that allow self-set pace of learning. Multimedia also helps
visual learners. Content can be delivered visually though screencasts,
graphics, etc. The term multimedia basically sums up the benefits of it
in a learning process. There are more than one form of media to use
for learning, and chances are that you can find one that works for you.
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I think that iPads and other tablet computers will
be the most useful to me in the future. I see tablets
as the overall device for delivering multimedia. To
quote the mini-lecture, “Tablets bring multimedia
learning to where you need it.” This statement
Section 5 presents the reason behind the usefulness for
a combination of technologies such as mobile
devices and multimedia. In an iPad, one can access
newspapers and online journals that can further
My Use of Multimedia Technologies
education. Although I see podcasts as a useful
tool for learning, it does not seem to be the most
effective for my personal preferences as a learner.
I am more of a visual and active learner, and I feel
that podcasts do not touch on those methods of
education enough for me. I would like to learn more
about podcasts though. I felt that I might not have
given podcasts enough of an opportunity, so I plan
on subscribing to useful podcasts in the future to try
them out more extensively.
Social technologies and multimedia go hand in hand.
I feel that Facebook is a great platform for sharing
multimedia. One can post informative links or check
out links that friends have posted to different forms
of multimedia. Videos, text, animations, and graphics
can be shared through all of the discussed forms of
technology. Links to publicly shared screencasts
could be a great help to people. If you see a
screencast that you think a friend might like, you can
easily send them a link through Facebook.
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The strategies for multimedia are pretty simple. The
main idea is that there are several types of platforms
Section 6 for providing content. I think that this can be useful
to any part of life. One has to understand that
people learn things effectively in different ways from
Future Use of the Technologies each other. I think that at a job, to communicate
with others through a few different ways to get your
point across can ensure mutual understanding. Just
because you understand a project explained one
way, does not mean that your coworker will.
I think that the use of screencasts can be used for
learning outside of this class. Obviously, I found
the screencasts provided through out the activities
very useful, and I think that this form of media can
be applied to learning in many fields other than
classroom education. Presentations at work can be
done through screencasts, making it more involving
and entertaining. People respond positively to a
well-structured, aesthetically pleasing, and engaging
presentation. I will probably not make podcasts on
my own, but that does not necessarily mean that I
will avoid them. I think that they can be useful, so I
will try to use them and learn from them as much as I
can.
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