What did you notice about your learning when you listened to the Soundcloud by Howat? How was it different from reading an article?
When I listened to the Soundcloud by Howat, it shattered my preconceived notion of how I could learn by listening to an article. I didn’t think I would be able to concentrate while listening to the content, but on the contrary, I listened to the whole thing with great concentration, even though I was doing something else. Perhaps because I am not a native English speaker, there were some words that I might not have been able to catch. That’s probably the difference with reading the text, I can check when I’m reading. If I don’t know or there’s something I don’t understand, then I’m able to check it out immediately. In some cases, I might choose to listen in this way, which is convenient and allows me to draw out the key points promptly. But the reading approach allows me to take notes and mark them up.
How did sketchnoting change your ability to recall the information you were documenting? What principle(s) from Mayer’s theory do you think are at work here? How would you incorporate it into a learning activity?
I had never heard of sketchnoting before and was doubtful about it. However, after using it in practice, I found it very useful. I was able to mark the key points in time during the class, and it was very neat and tidy, just like the video described in dividing the content into ‘verbal’ and ‘visual’ sections. This made it much quicker to organize my notes and find out what the key points were. This is a bit similar to the mind map method I would have used before, except that the mind map is an extension of a central idea. This reminds me of Mayer’s principle of ‘The Signaling Principle: “Use arrows, highlighting, and other signals to draw attention to important information.”(Davis&Norman, 2016). When using some markers to assist our notes, it can deepen our memory and focus on the key points.
Reference:
Davis , G., & Norman, M. (2016, July 19). Principles of Multimedia Learning – Center for teaching and learning: Wiley education services. Center for Teaching and Learning | Wiley Education Services. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://ctl.wiley.com/principles-of-multimedia-learning/
October 2, 2022 at 11:53 pm
Hi, Isabella
Great insight on the fact that you are having a new perception of getting an article thru learning, I have once felt the same too but found that learning by listening was interesting. And I definitely think understanding the word was somewhat challenging for myself as a non-native speaker as well. However, as time went on I have improve my listening skills I started to listen more since I have found that I can relax while doing it but I cant really relax when I am reading. For sketching, I definitely agree with your point, it was really useful and I sometimes are able to sketch unique things in the process of sketching it and thus create special meanings only I can understand which would enhance my memory of that particular knowledge.
October 12, 2022 at 10:45 pm
In the area of sketchnoting, i believe that I have some good habits to share.
Firstly, skecthnoting is not for anybody else but yourself, so you can make it personal as you like, just like you mentioned in the last week post of PowerPoint slides, make it multiple but not too complicated. my tip is that, take notes with your imagination extened. I used to take english notes in chinese class, and it was really helpful to have menaing in simple words instead of sentences. So as the other things, if you need something to remember instantly, note it with your first thought. For example, if the content says when Alpha goes up, Sigma goes down. Instead of words it could be noted with only an element and a signal, which is a easy for yourself to remember, but probably not for everyone reading your notes.
December 3, 2022 at 2:07 am
Hi Isabella,
I agree with your thoughts. It is true that, as non-native English speakers, it is difficult for us to pay full attention when listen to the content because there were have some words that I don’t understand, so that I can’t follow with the content. Instead when I read a text, I can pause until I understand the meaning the word and then continue with it.
For sketch-noting, I believed everyone has their own way of sketch-noting, people can enhance their memory of what they know by sketch-noting.