{"id":385,"date":"2025-04-10T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/?p=385"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:29:27","slug":"activity-3-individual-blog-post-lrnt-526","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/activity-3-individual-blog-post-lrnt-526\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 3 \u2013 Individual Blog Post LRNT 526"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the team&#8217;s project, we chose to investigate YouTube as a digital educational platform, specifically focusing on the<em> English with Emma<\/em> channel from engVid. This channel provides free lessons on the English language and has millions of views making it an interesting example of learning a language online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m interested in how <em>accessible<\/em> YouTube-based learning actually is for diverse learners.Videos like those on <em>English with Emma<\/em> appear inclusive: they\u2019re free, they\u2019re easy to find, and they cover useful content. But to me this kind of learning is passive \u2014 you watch, maybe take notes, or practice pronunciation, and then move on. For some learners, especially those who need interaction, repetition, or guided practice, this type of learning may not be enough. Also, I think you\u2019d need to be really motivated to study and practice using these videos. That leaves me questioning whether just \u201cbeing available\u201d is the same as \u201cbeing accessible,\u201d and how platforms like YouTube can better support more active and inclusive forms of learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve used YouTube countless times for learning \u2014 especially when trying to figure out tools like Photoshop or After Effects. While it\u2019s easy to passively watch tutorials, I\u2019ve found that I only really retain or apply what I\u2019ve learned when I actively follow along, step by step.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This got me thinking: is passive watching really \u201caccessible\u201d learning? What happens when the platform makes it easy to disengage or multitask? As someone who learns better by doing, I\u2019m curious about how these design choices include or exclude different types of learners. Also, the more relevant it is, the more I&#8217;m likely to retain the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d love to hear what others think. Have you used YouTube to learn something meaningful? Did it feel active or passive \u2013 and did it actually help you retain what you learned? I\u2019m very interested in how other people relate to accessibility in such an informal, self-directed learning space, and what we think would make it better for everybody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the team&#8217;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 making it an interesting example of learning a language online. I\u2019m interested in how accessible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[88,87,21,19,89],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt526","tag-activity-3","tag-lrnt526","tag-reflection","tag-rru","tag-youtubelearning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0260\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}