When reflecting on the readings that we had for our present course, I found that the article by Linda Vann really resonated with me. Considering empathy during instructional design is an important concept especially when designing a digital learning environment (DLE) for adult learners.<\/p>\n
Vann (2017) questions, \u201cHow can you insure quality when you don\u2019t know the end user unless you build in multiple pathways for people, different types of people, different types of backgrounds, different types of purposes?\u201d (p. 237). This reflects the type of learner that we not only see in post-secondary settings, but in the workplace settings as well. We have to consider that not all adult learners will be comfortable with technology and social media. To demonstrate empathy during instructional design, we need to ensure that the learning needs of the participants\/students are addressed. When designing the activities for the DLE, we cannot rely on just one model. We should be familiar with the different models\/methods available to deal with any issue that may arise. One model that works for one activity or group of students, may not work for other activities or students. Vann (2017) also suggests that educators need to experience online learning themselves to fully understand the challenges that students may encounter.<\/p>\n
We have to remember that like technology, teaching and learning is always evolving because our type of learners in the post-secondary setting is always changing.<\/p>\n
Reference:<\/p>\n
Vann, L. S. (2017).\u00a0Demonstrating empathy: A phenomenological study of instructional designers making instructional strategy decisions for adult learners.\u00a0International Journal of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education<\/em>,\u00a029<\/em>(2), 233-244.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When reflecting on the readings that we had for our present course, I found that the article by Linda Vann really resonated with me. Considering empathy during instructional design is an important concept especially when designing a digital learning environment (DLE) for adult learners. Vann (2017) questions, \u201cHow can you insure quality when you don\u2019t … Continue reading My Reading Reflection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0064\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}