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Change management is approached through the lenses of theories, strategies or frameworks, models, and then adapted approaches to an organization’s culture (Biech, 2007). The change management theories that best align with my approach to leadership in a K12 digital learning… Continue Reading →
Leaders working in digital learning environments face challenges and opportunities that technology and globalization have pushed to new and transformative goals in education. As a teacher in a K12 learning environment, I believe that the most important attributes of a… Continue Reading →
In reading Dron (2014) and Goldman et al. (2012), I contemplated what constitutes innovation in the context of a distance education setting. As a K-12 educator, I consistently found that the challenges of change and innovation in distance education have… Continue Reading →
Assignment 1: Part B Lisa Gedak and Leigh McCarthy Designing and fostering inclusive online learning environments led us to propose the free, web-based platform Flipgrid in our blog post entitled Amplifying All Student Voices and Inclusivity in Digital Learning Communities… Continue Reading →
Authors: Lisa Gedak & Leigh McCarthy Designing and fostering inclusive online learning environments where all students feel supported to learn, contribute, and participate is essential and increasingly complex. There are various barriers to student participation, based on a range of… Continue Reading →
Humans and Technology for K-12 Learning: Combinatorial Creativity This is two-part webinar, aiming to share research and ideas with teachers as they navigate the challenges of trying to meet their students’ learning needs in online, face-to-face, AND hybrid learning environments…. Continue Reading →
A Necessary Intersection of Instructional Design and Designing Instruction Instructional design (ID) is increasingly important and sophisticated with the prevalence of digital learning environments of the 21st century. The attention paid to understanding the needs and characteristics of the… Continue Reading →
Children’s health and wellbeing concerning screen-time: Is there an app for forest-bathing? The open letter by Etchells and his colleagues (2017) that we were asked to review is all about screen time and its effect on childhood health and wellbeing…. Continue Reading →
Out of South Africa, and into classrooms and minds around the world, Seymour Papert was a pioneer in developing and advocating for educational technology –even 1:1 devices in elementary schools, as early as the 1980s (Islam & Grönlund, 2016). Papert… Continue Reading →
Media are “mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition” (Clark, 1983, p. 445). The Great Media Debate is central to critiques and… Continue Reading →