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Reflections on Leading Change in Digital Learning

As I think about leadership and the many areas of learning we have covered in this course, such as identifying leadership strategies needed to manage digital learning initiatives, examining change in terms of people, context, and financial resources, and creating… Continue Reading →

Challenges in Project Management: A Reflection

I am currently working on a large-scale banking system implementation and change within a BC Credit Union as a senior change manager on contract. This change within the organization is affecting many stakeholders within the Credit Union by merging two… Continue Reading →

Assignment #1 – External Scan

In reading the literature and interviewing two previous change management colleagues, I will share my research and personal experience with change leadership, as expressed in the infographic. Sheninger, 2022 posits that the mindset a leader should foster is to understand… Continue Reading →

Leadership Reflections by Leona

Leadership is such a powerful entity, and “dipping our toe in the ocean” of models, approaches, and formulas this last week or so has brought many thoughts that have bubbled to the surface for me from my life path of… Continue Reading →

Best Practices of Facilitation and Digital Literacy – Team Orange Assignment

References Campbell, A. B. (2013). 12 best practices for online facilitating. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxSoa3RRoVo David, S. (2024, Oct). Susan David resources.https://www.susandavid.com/resource/emotional-granularity-umbrellas/ Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2004). Digital literacy: A conceptual framework for survival skills in the digital era. Journal of Educational Multimedia… Continue Reading →

Community of Inquiry

The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework stresses teaching, social, and cognitive presence to develop and facilitate effective online learning experiences. Facilitators must use specialized tactics for each presence to create an engaging, dynamic, and safe space for learning. Dunlop et… Continue Reading →

LRNT 528 – Blog Activity 1-4. 3-2-1 Leona thoughts about Digital Facilitation

After reading the resources for Week 1, my initial thoughts about digital facilitation are as follows: It requires work and intentional thought to be present and create an inclusive environment for learning to occur. This involves designing, setting up, and… Continue Reading →

Design Principles for a non-profit program. Our learners are parenting youth that suffer from addiction and mental health issues.

When we prioritize our learners in the non-profit program outlined in our Pecha Kucha presentation, it is beneficial to determine the design principles that address our learners’ demands amongst the program’s intricacies. Our learners are young parents aged 16–24 who… Continue Reading →

Learning Innovations – A critique of teaching critical thinking skills digitally

I wanted to explore how to develop and support critical thinking skills for our students as they move along in their learning paths. I came across an article about using digital storytelling to improve critical thinking skills. I wanted to… Continue Reading →

Design models research & reflections

LRNT 524 – Blog post #1 – Week 2 – November 19, 2023 In my early career, I have spent much time in corporate learning and development in the finance sector. I was grateful to take the PIDP, (Professional Instructors… Continue Reading →

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