Author: yiranhan

Challenge B – Procrastination: What, why and how?

Updated: October 23rd, 2025 Authors: Emma Lee, Yiran Han, Justin Scott Our group consists of Emma Lee, Yiran Han, and Justin Scott. For this project we have decided to make our Video presentation on procrastination. More specifically, we will be examining 3 aspects: What is procrastination? Why do we procrastinate? and 5 tips to stop…

Substantive Contribution #2

Design Process The design process is more than a checklist of steps — it is a mindset that emphasizes exploration, iteration, and reflection. As outlined in this week’s reading, an effective design process moves through the phases of Understand, Plan, Try, and Reflect, allowing designers to shift between divergent thinking and convergent thinking. What makes…

Challenge B – Substantive Post 1

I chose Amy Adkins’s TED-Ed video “Why Do We Dream?” Since it turns a universal mystery into learnable pieces. From a multimedia-learning lens, it maps neatly onto several of Mayer’s principles. The Multimedia principle states that people learn better from words and pictures together than from words alone. In this video, narrated explanations are paired…

How Design Principles and My Personal Experience Show the Value of Educational Comics

I think there are two things we need to pay special attention to when creating educational comics, namely typography and layout. Both of them have a crucial impact on how well readers absorb the comics’ content. If the visuals and the layout are insightful and clear, complex topics can be more easily understood. On the…