(Oct. 24, 2025) There are thousands of tutorials online for whatever a viewer wishes to learn. It won’t take too long for learners to understand that not all content is equal. People skip through steps, or will label videos “beginner friendly” yet walk through advanced concepts, etc. And there was no real way to avoid…
(Oct. 16, 2025) My initial question in this investigation was whether YouTube could be considered as a valid learning environment to a difficult tool. Learning Blender is often seen as a big learning curve because of its huge interface, shortcuts, and technical complexity. Normally, people gain knowledge on software like this either in college or…
COVID and online learning hit just before the end of elementary school, right before I entered high school. Looking back, my experience matches what Dr. Valerie Irvine’s brief described as emergency remote learning rather than real online education. Since there was little to no structure or regulation, it became easy for students (like me) to…
(Oct. 11, 2025) For the past 5 years, I’ve learned 3D animation using a software called Blender, and I learned to use this software almost entirely through YouTube tutorials. Learning this program is a big learning curve as it’s been used in movie productions in the past. Knowing this and only being around 13 at…