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Reflecting on Organizational Change: Lessons from Failure

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Instead of just choosing one of the blog posts that were provided, I reflected on a personal experience of organizational change. None of the blog posts fully captured the complexity of the challenges I faced when my former manager, Leon… Continue Reading →

Assignment 2b: Design Thinking Project (Individual)

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Design Principles: Transparency: Assignments, objectives, and rubrics should be clearly and transparently communicated to adult students. Furthermore, transparency between the main college in Alberta and the college in BC needs to be improved. Currently, the EA instructors are often the… Continue Reading →

Investigating the impact of Innovation on Learning and Learners

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I believe that innovation has the potential to greatly impact learning and learners. By focusing on the development of various skills and literacies such as creativity, problem-solving, relationship-building, communication, and implementation, we can transform traditional learning experiences but only if… Continue Reading →

Ada Lovelace

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———————————————————————————————– Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, (1815-1852) has been credited as the first female computer programmer. She was the daughter of poet Lord Byron, and she often described her approach to mathematics as ‘poetic science’ (Füegi & Francis, 2015)…. Continue Reading →

Veletsianos Audio Responses

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I choose to listen to the following responses: Team 1: Darren, Jess, Giulia, Rebecca – “How do we affect change at a policy level?” It is vital that we foster relationships with people that have the authority to make the… Continue Reading →

What makes a good research question?

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According to Schipke (2022), a good research question should be open-ended. A question that only requires a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer should, of course, be avoided. The question should be of interest to the reader, but I think it should… Continue Reading →

A minor reflection…

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After reading Veletsianos’ (2015) Digital learning environments, I reflected on how he sees the digital learning environment. It is not often very well defined and it could include any kind of educational software, digital learning tool, an online study program,… Continue Reading →

Resident Visitor Typology Map – A Progression and Alternate View

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Figure 1. Map of my Resident – Visitor Typology Figure 2. Map of MY Resident – Visitor Typology \ Microsoft Office I did a rough iteration first on a piece of paper to map out where I felt I utilized… Continue Reading →

Peralta Equity Conference

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I am looking forward to attending the Peralta Online Equity Conference which is a FREE, 3-day conference hosted by Peralta Community College District’s Online Equity Initiative! On the 27th and 28th of April, I will be attending a number of… Continue Reading →

Activity 2 – Initial Summary of Learning Event and Delivery Technology (By Marion G., Kym E., Alex N., & Asha K.)

Our team is investigating YouTube as an educational delivery technology, focusing on the English with Emma channel. We are critically exploring how YouTube facilitates informal, video-based language learning and what implications this modality has for accessibility, learner engagement, inclusivity, and the broader… Continue Reading →

Activity 3 – Individual Blog Post LRNT 526

As part of the team’s project, we chose to investigate YouTube as a digital educational platform, specifically focusing on the English with Emma channel from engVid. This channel provides free lessons on the English language and has millions of views… Continue Reading →

Digital Leadership Is Still Just Leadership—With Wi-Fi

At the start of this course, I was admittedly skeptical. Not about leadership itself, but about the term digital leadership. It sounded like yet another trendy phrase, heavy on promise and light on clarity. After reading Sheninger’s definition, I agreed… Continue Reading →

Informal Summary of Our Moodle Toolkit Project

Our team developed a Training Toolkit for Moodle Implementation to support educators, administrators, and IT teams in successfully adopting Moodle as a Learning Management System (LMS). The goal was to create a structured, step-by-step resource that guides users through the… Continue Reading →

Here’s How Better Planning Could Have Saved Our Team Merger

With the merging of our instructional design teams in Canada and Poland, the idea was to create a seamless workflow. However, things turned out very differently, as our manager, Leon (not his real name), got it all wrong in terms… Continue Reading →

Using Data to Drive Change in Digital Learning

In reflecting on the challenges of leading change in digital learning, I recognize that data plays a crucial role in decision-making. One example from my experience was the merging of instructional design teams across different regions. The transition faced resistance,… Continue Reading →

Digital Leadership

Thoughts on Digital Leadership My first reaction to digital leadership was that it essentially meant the same as traditional leadership with some technology thrown in for good measure and that leadership attributes—such as being supportive, visionary, or empathetic—remain fundamentally the… Continue Reading →

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