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1.2: Reflection as a Way of Life: Post 2

  My first blog post for Module 1 outlined mainly the harmful consequences I have witnessed with online learning technology and outlined the historical context for my belief in the necessity of teaching about technology and through technology, balanced with the potential harms on social skills. For this entry, I will focus more on the most promising areas for innovation in learning technology. Philosophically, online learning technology offers the promise of being more engaging, more relevant, and more wordly. Engaging Philosophically, a specific aspect of online learning technology that I am most interested in is the power of gamification and multi-modal delivery for engaging learners with shorter attention and competitive spirits, of whom boys represent an outsize portion in my experience. I don’t ever feel like my students are as engaged as they are when we are playing a Kahoot or I have them involved in some manner of game where their progress is measured against themselv...
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Module 1.1: Reflection as a Way of Life: Post 1

Question: How will innovations in online learning technology aid or hinder the development of students’ social skills? Reflection: I know that we will do more work around terms next Module, but I wanted to define my two key terms: Online learning technology: I will define this broadly as any internet-connected technology that assists in the delivery of online learning, whether that is a platform that is used by educators, such as Zoom or Skype, or a platform that is designed explicitly to deliver online education, such as Moodle or Canvas. Social skills: the behaviours and abilities to interact with other people in a comfortable and effective way for all parties involved What prompted me to think about a question related to online technology is that I use online learning technology daily, since I teach in an online program this year. The two most noticeable trends are that most of my students continue to be reluctant to have their cameras on and many prefer to use the cha...
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 Please find a short video introduction below where I explain my professional teaching context and reflect on my experiences with curriculum. I promise that I do not normally use the words "British Columbia" and "BC" in the same sentence as often as I do in this video.  
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