EDCI 565 — 6. Learning Design Presentation

“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

EDCI 565 — 4. Exploring the Dynamics of Face-to-Face and Online Learning and Instruction: A Middle School Woodwork Teacher’s Reflection

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

EDCI 565 — 3. Learning Theories within My Own Teaching Experience

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

EDCI 565 — 1. Introductory Video

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