Like other concepts covered in this class, dual coding is a theory that I had never heard of before. The notion of the theory is something that I had definitely encountered before but had never put some thought into the ideas behind it.
The concept within dual coding theory that relates to cognitive overload as a result of the same information being taken in visually and verbally was something that I am very interested in testing out. In the “Multimedia Design for Learning- Overview” piece by Howat the narrator states that our brains can be overloaded by reading subtitles of a motion picture as they are being verbally processed by our brains. Is this something that is true for everyone? is reading and verbally processing information at the same time not overwhelming but actually more efficient for some people? these are all questions that arose while listening to this piece.
I have also included my narrated screencast for this week. I chose to do mine on creating an effective main page for your LinkedIn profile.
Dual coding is one that almost sounds familiar when you start to read about it. Nice screencast introduction to LinkedIn. This may be good to examine for your Assignment 3 rework.
Have a good weekend.