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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 →

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 →

Selecting a Design Model

I decided to dig deeper into UDL because while I understand the principles, I want to be able to have a better grasp of them. UDL’s three core tenants are using multiple means of action and expression, multiple means of… Continue Reading →

Speculative Futures: Back to the Basics

Speculative Futures Essay: Back to Basics Marion Goetze School of Education and Technology, Royal Roads University LRNT 523: Foundations of Learning and Technologies Dr. Elizabeth Childs October 30, 2022 Education technology has transitioned from non-digital to digital over the last… Continue Reading →

Better Late Than Never

Over the past fifty years or more, technology has become increasingly sophisticated and utilized in a wider variety of ways. This is especially true in the field of education. From the mid-1400s through the 1800s, students utilized horn books (Clifton,… Continue Reading →

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