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Photo by Devon Janse van Rensburg on Unsplash   The foundation of the research process is the theoretical framework that is applied.  Grant & Osanloo (2014) liken a theoretical framework to the blueprint of a home.  Just as a builder… Continue Reading →

Photo by The Climate Reality Project on Unsplash After having spent three days of the 2019 Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference, I was reflecting on all of the new and emerging best practices in my field that were presented and how… Continue Reading →

The CoI (Community of Inquiry) framework requires three types of presence; social, cognitive and teaching in order to work. Creating a CoI in an online or blended learning environment can seem like a daunting task however, following these nine steps… Continue Reading →

Photo by Carlos Muza on Unsplash   Team four, which consists of Dino Hatzigeorgiou, Jessica Brown and Theresa McLeod-Treadwell, will be facilitating a week long learning seminar on the legal, ethical and pedagogical issues relating to the collection and use… Continue Reading →

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash As I reflect on the design thinking process and the digital learning resource (DLR) that was created from engaging in this process, I now delve into consideration for all that went into the design,… Continue Reading →

  Photo by NEW DATA SERVICES on Unsplash   The most promising idea for a digital learning resource that would meet the needs of my end user is the creation of an instructional module that will allow learners to discover the… Continue Reading →

Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash Reflecting back on my experience completing the Empathy and Define phase of the design thinking process which resulted in a Human-Centered Need Assessment, I am grateful for the activities that led to the creation… Continue Reading →

Designing solutions for people requires the right amount of empathy to allow for a deep understanding of the challenges and needs of those for whom we are designing. As soon as the dust settles and we have reached a level… Continue Reading →

    Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash   Looking through another’s lens can be said to be at the heart of empathic design. As Matthews et al., (2017) indicates, “Instructional designers are also increasingly encouraged to express empathy in… Continue Reading →

  In an effort to examine a learning event through critical inquiry, as a team, we needed to decide on a particular learning event as well as a delivery technology. For the purpose of this exercise, our team chose to… Continue Reading →