Substantive Post: Open Educational Resource (Challenge C #1)
Open Educational Resource Open Educational Resources (OERs) are a piece of learning material that can be freely and easily accessed in a public domain, such as on social media platforms, search engines (Google, Fire Fox, etc.). OERs can also (less commonly) be acquired for cheap in libraries or stores. OERs usually take the form of…
Substantive Post (Challenge B #2)
What is the Design Process? A design process is a series of general steps taken to create a final product. The design process is generally broken down into six main steps: Define (the problem), Ideate (come up with an idea), Prototype, Test, and Implement. These steps can be taken in sequence and iteratively, as seen…
Substantive Post (Challenge B #1)
Arduino Arduino is an open-source electronics platform composed of hardware and software. The hardware is composed of four main components: Input devices (microphone, light sensor, camera), output devices (speaker, LED light, motor), Arduino board (microcontroller), and connectors (wires). The Arduino software functions as an app to program the ‘brain’ of the Arduino board to execute…
Substantive Post (Challenge A)
Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning I have been going over the Week 2 notes, particularly the “Theories of Multimedia Learning,” and I thought the Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML) could be of value to my Challenge A: Comic. Mayer’s CTML is broken down into three cognitive principles: Cognitive Load Theory, Dual Coding Theory,…
Challenge B: Video
Healthy Habits: Hand Hygiene Stop the Spread, Wash Your Hands Right! Updated: October 22, 2025Authors: Neeraj Neeraj, Bashar Kabd, & Therese Taruc This blog post is a documentation of the process we underwent to create three 1-minute videos about our topic. This learning pod is composed of three members: Bashar Kabd, Neeraj, and Therese Taruc….
Challenge A: Comic
Hand Anatomy: an Educational Comic Updated: September 23, 2025Author: Bashar Kabd My goal for this project is to inform a high-school learner (audience) on the anatomy of the hand and forearm (basically everything below the elbow). I am creating this blog post as a submission to Challenge A for EDCI 337. I chose hand anatomy…
Welcome and Introduction
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