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While reading Weller’s (2020) book on Ed Tech history, I found myself relating to my past experiences. I came across both validations and a surprise during my reflection.<\/p>\n
During the late 1990s, I was a Bachelor of Education student pursuing my teaching degree in Business & Technology. The program was taught using a face-to-face delivery model. My technology courses focused on learning new software programs like Adobe, Corel, and Microsoft. Also, creating and maintaining a student-led Wikis seemed innovative at the time. As Weller (2020) identified, \u201cWikis encapsulated the promise of a dynamic, shared, and respectful space \u2026\u201d (p. 37). I was excited to take these technology courses and contribute to transforming the future of education.<\/p>\n
Also, in the late 1990s, I enrolled in an out-of-province certificate program to Teach English as a Second Language (TESL). I received boxes containing the material for every TESL correspondence course by mail. In addition, the professor phoned me once a week to discuss the deliverables. Although the program was not online, I find it compelling that this method exhibited constructivism, where the professor acted as a \u201cguide on the side\u201d instead of a \u201csage on the stage\u201d (King, 1993, as cited in Weller, 2020, p. 29). Moreover, I was surprised to learn from Weller (2020) that e-learning had already made headway by this timeframe (p. 43). I have struggled to express my shock upon discovering this news.<\/p>\n
Initially, I was disappointed to reflect that I may have missed an e-learning opportunity for my TESL program. However, I am using the correspondence course experience to consider the lessons learned. For example, I now can personally attest to the importance of the \u201csocial role in learning\u201d (Weller, 2020, p. 34). I look forward to learning more from Martin Weller. Stay tuned for further reflection in Part II.<\/p>\n
Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n Weller, M. (2020). 25 Years of Ed Tech<\/em>. Athabasca University Press.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While reading Weller’s (2020) book on Ed Tech history, I found myself relating to my past experiences. I came across both validations and a surprise during my reflection. During the late 1990s, I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0286\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}