Your Blog Post 3 – EDCI337 about the mental health toolkit was really good. You explained clearly how open ended tasks can actually make students feel stuck if they don’t have a clear starting point. It makes sense that someone might just pick random ideas to get it over with if the work feels too…
Your #Blog 4 about using videos for learning economics was great. You explained clearly how watching a video on money demand helps students interact with the material and understand tricky graphs better. It makes sense that students would feel more engaged when they can pause and draw out the graphs themselves instead of just listening…
Your Blog 3 – EDCI 335 about the “average” student in economics was great. You explained clearly how fast lectures with hard graphs can leave people behind when they assume everyone learns at the same speed. It makes sense that students would feel more confident if the class was actually built for different ways of…
Designing Interaction with Video Image by Julia Bogdanova Interaction is an important part of learning in digital environments because it helps students stay engaged with the material and encourages deeper understanding. In online learning environments, students can sometimes feel disconnected from instructors, classmates and the course material. Research on digital learning suggests that meaningful interaction…
Your Blog Post #2 about open pedagogies and learning design was great. You explained clearly how this approach focuses on students as active creators instead of just people receiving information. It makes sense that students would feel more motivated and connected when they are sharing their work and reflecting publicly. I also appreciated that you…
I really enjoyed reading your Blog Post #2 about using cooperative and inquiry based learning to help students understand AI myths and misconceptions. I liked how you explained cooperative learning and how working together allows students to hear different perspectives. That makes a lot of sense when it comes to challenging misunderstandings about AI. I…
I really liked reading Blog Post #1 about learning German through online tools. I thought it was interesting how you connected your own experience to the parts of the course design that affected your motivation, especially the lack of interaction and feedback. It makes sense that it would be harder to stay engaged without those…