EDCI569/572 | MEd

EDCI569/572 – 4. The Challenges of Narrowing My Project Focus

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The Chal­lenges of Nar­row­ing My Project Focus As I work through the com­plex­i­ties of my Mas­ter of Edu­ca­tion project, I’ve found nar­row­ing the focus both excit­ing and chal­leng­ing. My goal is to cre­ate an inclu­sive, tech­nol­o­­gy-enhanced mid­dle school wood­work class­room … Read More
EDCI569/572 | MEd

EDCI569/572 — 3. Integrating the BC Digital Literacy Framework in Middle School Woodwork

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  In today’s class­room, dig­i­tal lit­er­a­cy is an essen­tial part of the learn­ing expe­ri­ence. The BC Dig­i­tal Lit­er­a­cy Frame­work out­lines six key com­pe­ten­cies that aim to equip stu­dents with the knowl­edge and skills they need to thrive in a dig­i­tal … Read More
EDCI569/572 | MEd

EDCI569/572 — 2. From Isolation to Interaction: Embracing the Evolution of Online Learning

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Read­ing Valerie Irvine’s arti­cle The Land­scape of Merg­ing Modal­i­ties (2020) gave me a new per­spec­tive on how far online learn­ing modal­i­ties have come since my ear­ly expe­ri­ences with “dis­tance edu­ca­tion.” In the arti­cle, Irvine explores sev­er­al emerg­ing modal­i­ties through­out the … Read More
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EDCI 565 — 6. Learning Design Presentation

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“Tech­nol­o­gy-Enhanced Wood­work Project and Course Design: Plan­ning Through Learn­ing Design and Edu­ca­tion­al The­o­ry.” Wel­come to my pre­sen­ta­tion, which accom­pa­nies my research paper on “Tech­nol­o­­gy-Enhanced Wood­work Project and Course Design: Plan­ning Through Learn­ing Design and Edu­ca­tion­al The­o­ry.” The essen­tial goal of … Read More
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EDCI 565 — 4. Exploring the Dynamics of Face-to-Face and Online Learning and Instruction: A Middle School Woodwork Teacher’s Reflection

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Hav­ing expe­ri­enced both face-to-face and online learn­ing envi­ron­ments, I’ve gained insight into the pros and cons of each approach. My online jour­ney began as a mid­dle school wood­work teacher dur­ing the COVID-19 shut­down, and now online as a stu­dent as … Read More
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EDCI 565 — 3. Learning Theories within My Own Teaching Experience

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In this course we looked into var­i­ous learn­ing the­o­ries (behav­iourism, cog­ni­tivism, con­struc­tivism, social learn­ing, con­nec­tivism) with­in the con­text of teach­ing. When asked to describe my own teach­ing prac­tices and sub­se­quent stu­dent learn­ing with­in these the­o­ries, and my belief around how … Read More
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EDCI 565 — 1. Introductory Video

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For our first week in the course we were tasked with cre­at­ing a short 2–3 minute video intro­duc­ing our­selves, telling why we are inter­est­ed in learn­ing design, shar­ing what we believe makes for a pos­i­tive learn­ing expe­ri­ence, and explain­ing how … Read More