Video Presentation Notes

Shot Sizes and Angles

  • Full socks and character emotion representation in videos.
  • Focus on actions and chart size in images.
  • Justification of shot choices.
  • Consideration of multimodal text, including images of things or people.
  • Shot size selection depends on purpose and role.

Angles

  • Low angle and high angle shots to alter the effect.
  • Close-ups focus on emotions.
  • Mid shots focus on actions.
  • Wider shots give more details about the scene.

Critique of Verbal and Nonverbal Elements

  • Nonverbal elements to consider: sound, gestures, and visuals.

Communication Models

  • Miscommunication: Can lead to confusion, animosity, and misunderstanding.
  • Transmission Model: Communication as a message moving directly from one person to another. This is an oversimplified view.
  • Transactional Model: Acknowledges the complexities of communication, like a game of catch where feedback is exchanged to create meaning together.

Complications Arising in Communication

  • Subjective lenses: Humans interpret messages through their own perspectives.
  • Perceptual filters: Continually shift meanings and interpretations.
  • Variables influencing perceptions: knowledge, past experience, age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or family background.
  • Interpretation based on relationship with the other person and understanding of semantics and connotations.
  • Distractions: External stimuli can cloud understanding.
  • Emotion: Can affect understanding.
  • Increased complexity with more people involved.

Practices for Better Communication

  1. Recognize that passive hearing and active listening are not the same; engage actively with feedback.
  2. Listen with eyes, ears, and gut; communication is more than just words.
  3. Take time to understand as you try to be understood, remembering communication is a two-way street.
  4. Be aware of personal perceptual filters (culture, community, family) and don't assume your perception is the objective truth.

Multimedia Design Principles

  • Keep related material together spatially.
  • Ensure audio (e.g., voiceover) matches visuals.
  • Highlight importance using color and font size.
  • Redundancy principle: Visuals and text should complement each other, avoiding repetition.
  • Chunk information to avoid overwhelming the viewer.
  • Use images that include humans as representative participants to increase engagement.
  • Coherence: Focus on the topic and purpose, avoiding irrelevant information.

Multimodal vs. Multimedia

Enhancing Posters

  • Include a QR code to link to a video.
  • Animate elements.
  • Add hyperlinks for further information.

Model of Communication

  • Interact with audiences.
  • Provide more information to persuade and inform.

Animations and Presentation Programs

  • Examples for creating instructions.
  • Use different animation presentation programs (e.g. Canva).

Assignment 2 Instructions

Overview

  • The assignment demonstrates growth in understanding of the material.
  • Demonstrates awareness of ethical aspects and inclusivity in professional communication.
  • Connections between unit content, readings, and own research/experiences.

Key Points

  • Include examples from school settings or personal experiences.

Reflection Journal

  • Create a Word document to record responses each week after tutorials.
  • Start with your current definition of professional communication.
  • Reflect on learning in relation to the question: What features and strategies enable effective professional communication?
  • Conclude with a new understanding of professional communication.
  • Support with academic references.

Weekly Reflections

  • Write a 250-word reflection each week, supporting it with academic research.
  • Focus on two or three key points from that week that resonated with you.

Rubric

  • Reflects topics within the first four modules.
  • Assesses understanding of communication theory and ethical application.
  • Awareness and sensitivity around communication with different stakeholder audiences.
  • Quality of writing and inclusion of references.

Important Notes

  • Critical task: must pass to pass the unit.
  • AI is not permitted in writing reflections.

Samples of Reflexivity

  • Reflect on week 2 content.
  • Clear that there are personal skills examples.
  • The references are used meaningfully and should strengthen the argument.
  • Use published high-quality materials.