Reflection Summary Video
This is the video we created as the conclusion of our project.
The Journey to Multimedia IDEAs
Featured image created in Bitmoji and edited in Canva Written in partnership by Kati Dreilich and Tiffany Kearns The Journey to Multimedia IDEAs We’re going to take you on our journey towards making our Multimedia IDEAs website. We came up with the acronym IDEAs – inclusive digital educational activities – because of an inside joke…
Skeletons, Ninjas, and the Value of Collaboration
Featured Image Created in Bitmoji and Edited in Canva This post is a compilation of two posts, originally written and posted in April, 2025 on our individual MEd Blogs – The Value of Collaboration – Kati’s MEd Portfolio and Working Together! – Tiffany Teaches… Working Together We began working together on our project in September,…
The Little Red Hen Approach
Featured image by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash Kati’s reflection on creating OER “I’ll do it myself!” said the Little Red Hen. And she did. In the story of The Little Red Hen, none of the other farm animals want to help the Little Red Hen with all of the tasks involved in baking the bread….
Mirrors and Margins
Featured image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on Learning New Technology Lost in Translation As I tried to get better at using transitions in PowerPoint to maximize what I have learned from the CTML Principles, and then the different H5P content types, I realized that the frustration I felt mirrors what my newcomer EAL students feel…
“Everything is good!”
Featured Image by ChatGPT Tiffany’s Reflection on Student Feedback My first video attempt in power point was an adventure for sure. After writing the script for Simple Present Tense, and listening to Kati’s co-designer student feedback, I realized that it was going to be too long. So, I shortened it to include only common daily…
“It’s only a little bit boring”
Featured Image by Thomas Park on Unsplash Kati’s co-design experience The second dimension of inclusive design involves building a design team where learners are involved in co-creating the learning process. We knew we needed to share our early designs of our videos to get constructive feedback and begin working through the virtuous tornado process. We…
Robust or Bust
Feature image: A visual take on the word “robust” created by Microsoft Copilot Kati explores the meaning of the word “robust” In the earlier stages of planning our project, Tiffany and I came across this quote in an article by Iniesto and Bossu (2023) that resonated with us: “If a design team intends to create…
Derailed by Design: When AI Imagery Distracts from the Lesson
Featured Image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on AI Seductive Images As Kati and I began designing our PowerPoint slides that would become our instructional videos, we turned to AI for specific images to match what we were envisioning. We had learned from our research of Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, that images play a…
Into the Great Wide Open
Featured image by Matt Halls on Unsplash Kati’s reflection on the benefits and risks of open education I feel like a bit of a ping-pong ball, going back and forth on my views of open education through my experience with creating this resource. Open education and open educational resources (OER) were not on my radar…
The CTML Ultimatum
Featured Image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on Some CTML Shortcomings When Kati and I first met the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning we were enamoured with its charm. Such a comprehensive framework connecting to the human mind with a learner-centered approach. Dare I say robust? But the more we got to know CTML, the more…
Inclusive Design for Learning – The Best Theory You’ve Never Heard Of
Featured Image by Taiki Ishikawa on Unsplash Kati’s reflection on inclusive design for learning U-D-All-That? I first learned about universal design for learning (UDL) in 2014 in my special education teacher degree program. Since then, UDL seems to be all the rage! But is it as good as everyone thinks it is? Is it really…
Multimodality is the New Literacy
Featured Image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on A New Definition of Literacy Communication skills for today’s generation are not the same as the literacy of the past. When we think of literacy, many of us think of written language. But these days written text alone is being replaced by what can be communicated on screens…
Everything We Learned In Kindergarten
Featured image by Monica Sedra on Unsplash Written by Kati Dreilich and Tiffany Kearns Our reflection on our MEd program For both of us, returning to university in our forties was somewhat intimidating. Starting over with formal education after being on the teaching side for so long was much like starting Kindergarten! Reflecting upon our…