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Welcome to my personal website, where I will document my journey through the Master of Arts in Learning and Technology program at Royal Roads University and blog about topics that are meaningful to me such as Open Educational Resources (OER), online learning, and educational technologies.
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The Great Media Debate: Is It Still Relevant?
Does technology actually influence learning? Photo by Pixabay user geralt. (Creative Commons CC0) For Activity 7, we formed a team as Christy Boyce, Brandon Carson, Andrea Livingstone, David Livingstone and Michael Murray. We were tasked with reading about...
Communities of Practice in Higher Education
For assignment 2, I chose the topic of Communities of Practice in Higher Education. As an individual who works in a teaching and learning centre, Communities of Practice are often used to bring people together with a similar interest and with...
Espalier: A Lesson in Digital Abundance
For Activity 6, my classmate and I explored the implications of abundant content for lifelong learning.For our topic, we chose to learn how to grow a tree along a flat surface in a predetermined pattern. A Google search for “How to grow a tree along a flat surface”...
My theoretical and pedagogical stance
After reading through the theoretical positions described by Ertmer and Newby (2013) and Merrill (2002), I struggled on selecting one position. The principles outlined by Merrill (2002, p. 43) of “(a) Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving...
Dr. Roland van Oostveen
Dr. van Oostveen is the Director of the Educational Informatics Laboratory (EILab) and the Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies and Digital Technology (ESDT) at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) (Educational Informatics Lab,...
The History of Learning Management Systems
After reading Watters (2014), I took time to reflect on what timeline would interest me most. With the variety of Learning Management Systems (LMS) I have supported in my role and used as a student, I thought it would be interesting to map out a timeline of some of...
Reviewing and reflecting on the field of Instructional Design and Technology
Reiser’s (2001) articles A History of Instructional Design and Technology: Part I: A History of Instructional Media and A History of Instructional Design and Technology: Part II: A History of Instructional Design discussed the history of instructional design and...
The History of Educational Technology
The field of educational technology goes back further than most people realize. When some people think of technology, they think of a computer powered device, where in reality, items such as pencils and paper were at one point new technologies that changed the...