Activity 8 of the course LRNT523, Foundations of Learning and Technologies, at Royal Roads University asked students to read articles by Etchells et al. (2017) and Paul Kirschner (2017). Next, we were to answer certain questions about these articles. Both articles argue that evidence-based practice is important. Etchells et al. (2017) argues that there is […]
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Media Debate (Activity 7)
Co-written by Jason Keddie, Alfonso MacGregor, Fiona Prince, Klaus Rimke, and Gavin Sturgeon. Activity 7 of the course LRNT523, Foundations of Learning and Technologies, at Royal Roads University asked students to read articles by Richard E. Clark, and Robert B. Kozma. We were then tasked as a group to find four documents that challenge the […]
Exploring the Implications of Abundant Content for Lifelong Learning (Activity 6)
By Jason Keddie and Marshall Hartlen What we investigated We looked into the history of coffee production, ranging from the origins of coffee in general, to the nature of the industry today including popular coffee production countries, and the fair trade coffee movement. What we found There was no shortage of information on the subject. […]
PeerWise (Assignment 1)
This blog submission is to fulfill the requirements for Assignment 1 in the Master of Arts in Learning and Technology course LRNT523 at Royal Roads University, which involves sharing a resource relevant to the course. PeerWise (n.d.) is a free, web-based application that allows an instructor to create a repository for students where students can […]
Reflecting on My Theoretical and Pedagogical Stance
Activity 5 in LRNT523 instructs us to read Ertmer and Newby (2013) and Merrill (2002) and reflect on certain aspects. Ertmer and Newby (2013) reviews behavioural, cognitive, and constructivist learning perspectives, while Merrill (2002) discusses five principles that are common to various instructional design theories. These readings apply to my own work in course development, […]
Timeline of Distance Education
The following timeline of distance education is my attempt to piece together what I believe to be the most significant milestones in distance education. Some timelines focus on technology, but I’ve decided to focus on more tangible milestones. For example, it doesn’t really matter that the internet was developed in the 1970s if the first […]