Storytelling is such a powerful tool in educational concepts. I remember reading a book called A Dog Money that teaches people on personal financing. The story starts with a girl who finds a dog that could talk and this dog named Money teaches the girl a lot about managing her pocket money and finally gets…

Hi Amelia, I like the example you shared on storytelling. Nash does have a very powerful background story and a very clever and catchy way to present the story. I think that his music is a very effective way to convey emotional messages to people and the presentation you mentioned of his is also inclusive…

Hi Jinhao, Nice plan on the Mandarin Chinese course! I like it that you are putting the learning in real-life situations for the learners to engage in the language learning by applying it rather than learning the grammars or reciting vocabulary. I also agree with you that this backwards design thinking it totally different from…

Merrill’s principles are closely associated with the learners’ experiencing and engaging with the learning subjects. It emphasizes on giving meanings to the learning contents and learning process, making the learners more active in the learning process by showing them why they need to learn. In the words, learners need to be motivated and curious before…

Hi Thomas, I love your infographic on the future healthcare. The content goes from the basics of AI to its application in healthcare and then went into depth. I like its logic in introducing the concepts step by step. In the last two sections you also used combined the graphics and the textual contents really…

Infographic By My Design Above is an infographic I designed using Canva about coffee tasting. In this infographic, I tried to balance the images and texts in a symmetrical way so that the whole image looks comfortable and balanced. I made bigger the two main contents the wheel and the question “What do we taste…

Hi Xinyi, I really like it that you mentioned that “inclusive design is not only about the needs of the average user but also about considering the needs of marginalized groups.” I think as a society there are always “marginalized groups” not only in terms of people with disabilities, but also people in other areas…

Inclusive Design Inclusive design, to my understanding, is being considerate when designing and creating content so that everyone could get access to it. Bias comes from our limited understanding and perspectives of the world could easily blind us from seeing what others may need, and being inclusive in design means that we see from other…

Hi Flamma, I agree that the redundancy principle is very important and I also think that it needs to be considered as one of the necessary features when designers of contents are creating learning pieces. I think being concise and clear in the content would greatly help the learners focus on the key points presented.…

I find the signaling principle in Mayer’s theory of multimedia learning very natural and it makes a lot of sense to me. When I watch videos or read an article, I find it a lot easier when there are signs or bold letters that guide me though the contents. The feature helps me engaged. This principle…