I really enjoyed reading Natalie’s blog post and hearing about her own personal experiences with multimedia learning and instruction.

One part of my thinking that changed after reading Natalie’s blog was my feelings about the Blanket Exercise. I also got to experience the Blanket Exercise on one of my first days at UVic. The exercise does an amazing job of symbolizing the horrific events that occurred for the Indigenous community. Until today, I had never considered that exercise to be an example of a multimedia learning experience. I agree with Natalie that the Blanket Exercise was one of the most powerful and memorable learning experiences that I have ever been involved in. By using words, symbols, acting and a variety of other mediums I was able to fully immerse myself into the experience. Thank you for reminding me of this exercise Natalie!

I found this article that I connected to the article by AJ Juliani and I think you might find it interesting. Anderson et al. (2017) discuss the importance of implementing a curriculum that promotes learning through play and story telling. These practices are based off of the Indigenous Ways of Knowing and I was intrigued to see so many similarities between both articles. Let me know what you think!

References

Anderson, Horton, Kendrick, McTavish (2017) Children’s Funds of Knowledge in a Rural Northern Canadian Community: A Telling Case. Retrieved from: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/ view/29340