LRNT 523 │Assignment 3

The year is 2030 in this speculative future and post-secondary institutions are losing potential learners to private and corporate offerings of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADC) (Matkin, 2020). Sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, large corporate entities...

LRNT 523 │Activity 6 FAAMG begin to take over ed-tech

The readings for this unit were quite a fun and sometimes an alarming read similar to episodes of the show Black Mirror. All scenarios presented were in the realm of possibility and brought positive and negative aspects to that reality. The combination of readings and...

LRNT 523 │Activity 5 Discussion of the Great Media Debate

Collaboratively written by Melissa Miller & Zac MacDonald  Wong, W. (2018, April 2). School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation. Ed Tech Magazine. https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2018/04/school-stem-labs-inspire-students-power-innovation The Bullis...

LRNT 523 │Activity 3 Weller’s 2002 to 2011

In this third of Weller’s book we were asked to target some claims or arguments that have current relevance and others that conflicts or contradicts our work. What particularly caught my imagination was the concept of a “double edged sword” on so many of the...

LRNT 523 │Activity 2 Weller’s 1994 to 2001

The first third of Weller’s book was a fun reading journey. I was born in 1994 and going through some of the major milestones in ed-tech starting at this time was a good look into the past. I hadn’t really considered those early day technical restrictions, untested...