In the tenth episode of the Hybrid Pedagogy podcast, titled “Questioning Learning,” Chris Friend interviews Amy Collier about critical pedagogies, the concept of ‘risk’ in teaching, and the constructivist model of education. Collier’s research revolves around an idea called ‘not-yetness.’ She describes ‘not-yetness’ as a mental state where students have both an interest in a topic and a comfort in not yet knowing it, but lack the resources and teaching strategies needed for them to thrive. Collier believes that through a constructivist model of education, teachers can exploit this innate curiosity and create excellent learning experiences. Collier centres this experience on teacher-student relationships, which she believes are prerequisites for any successful pedagogy. She strongly states that teachers will never be replaced by computers, since it is neither an effective nor a natural progression.
For this multimedia reflection, I decided to create a narrated and animated sketchnote using my phone’s built in time-lapse feature and a small whiteboard. This idea was inspired by a relatively popular YouTube channel called “minutephysics.” This channel creates very simple but polished animated sketchnotes, and uses them to explain complex theories and phenomena in the world of science.
I assumed it would be easy to create a minutephysics-esque animated sketchnote, but I quickly realized that I was mistaken. Finding a mount to hold my phone was probably the most creative part in this entire process, and finding a way to cover its shadow on the whiteboard was infuriating at best. I have decided to include a picture of my workstation for this assignment, as I believe it to be both informative and humorous. I hope you enjoy my multimedia reflection, I look forward to hearing any of your opinions about this topic!
