Year: 2020

Connor’s Blog Post Hi Connor, I liked your idea of a self-reflection back to a previous experience with healthcare. I feel that healthcare is such a universal experience for everyone that at least everyone would have an experience with the healthcare system. I also liked how you suggested the activity …

Yoyo’s Blog Post Hi Yoyo, I enjoyed reading your post. You mentioned combining diversified learning styles and I agree with that. Adapting to the type of learners you have makes the entire learning resource that much more effective. As well, with our current situation of COVID-19, I agree with the …

Comments on Peer Posts Sifan’s Blog Post Hi Sifan, you did a great job explaining what inquiry-based learning is and the benefits to this learning method. I think that inquiry-based learning can be especially helpful at offering learners the development of building initiative and self-direction. I also liked how you …

Comments on Peer Posts Seul’s Blog Post Hi Seul, Thanks for sharing your learning experience with baking! I find it fascinating that you included both your successes and failures as it gives me a holistic view on baking. In using Keller’s Arc, I am in the attention category as I …

Thank you Xuyao, Songxue, Zhonghui, and Xiling for creating this interactive learning resource. I really enjoyed reading through it! Good Points I think you guys have done a great job linking each type of learning design to a specific action to teach the middle school students. You did a great …

The video that I have selected is about how important electronic health records are to hospitals in terms of its enhanced workflow for doctors and staff. In what way are they likely to respond to the video on their own, e.g. make notes, do an activity, think about the topic …

How will your interactive learning resource specifically ensure that the needs of all learners can be met? Inclusive design should have “the needs of disabled people be considered throughout all phases of product development” (Newell et al., 2011). With this in mind, a key factor in interactive learning resources is …

Cooperative Learning Overview Cooperative learning is a student centred learning strategy that “promotes socialization and learning among students” (Gillies, 2007). It involves students working in small groups to achieve shared goals (Gillies, 2007). Some examples of successful implementation of the cooperative learning strategy are promoting reading and writing, understanding science …

In looking at the three broad learning perspectives, I would consider my current instruction style to be more behaviouralist focused. Over the past summer, I was a youth instructor at a summer camp. As one of three staff members in charge of approximately 25 youths aged 12-13, instructing them and …