Author Tala

A Gamified Ideation App –  Co-authored by Tala Mami and Earl Einarson Earl and Tala have created a proposal to develop a mobile-based web application that encourages students to create ideas and submit them to a shared group freely. As… Continue Reading →

Instruction and Instructional Design – Building on Existing Knowledge   In our current course, LRNT524 – Innovation, Design and Learning Environments, we are prompted to examine Innovation, Design and Learning Environments by having a closer look at the core aspects… Continue Reading →

  Photo by Wesley Tingey Video Description: ‘Be it resolved that Instructional Designers are unnecessary’. We will debate the Pro and Con side of this argument providing evidence (reference list) at the end of the video and, for easy access,… Continue Reading →

Etchells, P. et al. (2017) raises a concern that the policy that governs screen time for children in the UK needs to be grounded in evidence-based research. A letter signed by a group of writers, psychologists and charity heads raised… Continue Reading →

  Dance education is one of the fine arts taught at many schools today, and it has a way of creating a great learning environment for students and educators through movement, and the interpretation of movement. Technology has transformed the… Continue Reading →

Collaborative Considerations of the Great Media Debate. Co-authored by: Leigha Nevay, Tala Mami, Caroline Monsell, Kerry Sharples, and Owen Lloyd Summary of the Points of View in Clark and Kozma’s Papers Richard E. Clark and Robert B. Kozma are considered… Continue Reading →

  Educational Technology has been used in dance education for many years. I have searched for scholarly articles that address this topic to understand the use of technology (implications and applications) in this interesting field throughout the years. For me,… Continue Reading →

Imagine in the future: “Your wrist phone chimes with a message from your spouse.  Her business trip to review the Sahara forest project will finish early and she ought to make the noon hypersonic shuttle and be home by teatime…. Continue Reading →

This week, I have read the papers of Ertmer & Newby (2013) and Merrill (2002) to understand learning theories and their application in instructional design. Ertmer & Newby (2013) focused on instructional strategies and techniques applied in Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and… Continue Reading →

In my Master of Arts in Learning and Technology (MALAT) journey, I have learned about legends whose work marks essential milestones in the educational technology field. Choosing only one legend to talk about the work that has been done in… Continue Reading →