Environment factors:

How to study has always been a problem that troubles most people. People need to learn constantly from birth, but obviously, everyone has different results. Regardless of IQ, the environment is one of the most important factors.

Personal Example:

For example, what kind of family the child grows up in, parents’ way of education, children’s interests, and so on. Although I am now a university student, there are still big flaws in my learning style. Sometimes I feel like I’m not studying at all, I’m just getting things done, and I don’t want to study at all. I need to read thousands of articles and do a lot of homework every day, which makes me have lost interest in learning.

In a big environment:

This kind of situation is very common in China, facing limited educational resources, children have great pressure from childhood, and some parents even enroll their children in cram schools. I have never seen children in any country work as hard as they do in China. They can solve many math questions, even more than foreign university students. But when you ask them what they want to do in the future and why they want to study, they don’t know how to answer. Maybe it’s to find a job when they grow up. Chinese students have lost interest, freedom, and rest. They are not studying, and they are just completing tasks.

Therefore, we need to change this kind of environment. We should give children a happy childhood, cultivate their interests and hobbies, liberate their minds, and use a more efficient way to accomplish what they want to do.

Question: Imagine if you wiped out your environment and put yourself in a new one. Would you be the same person?

Reference:

GrggU. [GrggU]. (2019, October 6). General Principles of Learning. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnd_di_cqGQ&t=158s

Multimedia and Interactive Learning is a new educational means born with the development of science and technology. Pictures, videos, and sounds are more impressive than traditional boring text. I believe it is entirely possible that in the future, dry and boring written records will be completely replaced. Because in the old school education, rote learning is extremely inefficient. Another important reason is the importance of intersection, the need for the brain to exchange information. For example, when we are learning new knowledge, a background, an example, we can try to substitute ourselves, just like “third-person emotion has been proven to be inferior to first-person emotion,” said by Dr Richard Mayer. This is why more and more places start to use multimedia education, thus we need pictures, sounds, words, and communication, especially those who are not sensitive to words, and I believe most people are better at remembering a characteristic picture than writing down words. However, this is far from enough, so some educators start to conduct interaction in class, such as brainstorming, question and answer sessions, and so on. The main purpose is to improve learning efficiency and get students involved in the class. Therefore, multimedia education is very meaningful.

Richard E. Mayer. Introduction to Multimedia Learning. University of California, Santa Barbara. https://bright.uvic.ca/content/enforced/56526-202101EDCI337A01(21097)CO/Introduction_to_Multimedia_Learning_edited.pdf?&d2lSessionVal=YJmC3BgYIOiShB2jujDewcRoa&&d2lSessionVal=YPsrQCbsXCEZfwNIFuFqVc28m

This is my first semester at UVIC. I choose this course because I have never tried it before. I have always wanted to try to be a blogger, but I have not taken action. I hope this class can let me learn some knowledge and methods. So far, I still feel confused about this course, and I don’t know what I will do next. However, I believe that time will solve any problem, and I will skillfully use teaching tools and so on. The professor is very wise, he let us form our own team, which helped me a lot that I can discuss anything with my group members. I am very happy to choose this course. During this pandemic, everyone’s lifestyle has changed, and it may become more difficult. But stay positive for the world. Everyone is free to have their own ideas, should be respected and understood. I believe empathy and critical thinking are very important for this course. Finally, I wish everyone can stay healthy, taka care yourslves!

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