EDCI 337 Challenges

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…

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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…

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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,…