Blog post for week 9

I looked at one of the PowerPoint developed by previous student in EME6415: The Master of the E-mail. I thought it's a good teaching material for using online email, and it's fun. But it has the following issues:

1. Branching
I don't see any branching in this PowerPoint. With Scenario-based design, if it's just one story, it is hard to branch out into different scenarios. I guess it's all about the topic that we are choosing.

2. False Information
I notice the answer that this tutorial is giving to a person who doesn't know the password is: "Call the person who helped you set up the account. They may remember your password." THAT is amazing! :)

3. There is no game or quiz in the end, but a one-page survey. And technically I don't think the survey will go anywhere because there is no recording mechanism to tally up the answers. It certainly serves no purpose for the learner.

4. Here is something minor. In the beginning, the same screen shows up whether the learner chooses YES or NO to the question. I thought that was interesting.

I would make the following changes.
1. Always double check to see if screens are consistent.
2. Change the survey to a quiz.
3. Add the "email address registration process" piece in the tutorial since it's all about email and how can you start using email when you don't even know what email is.