Month: November 2021

I think this is a very well developed learning resource and everything is clear to read. I like how you address inclusion specifically in your project as something important to note. You show great awareness to people with learning difficulties as you mentioned the learning ability and voice of people with colour blindness and English language learners are significant and necessary for a successful learning environment. I think these two are very good examples and I’m also an ELL student. If I have a class like this and feel empowered and cared, it will boost up my motivation for learning. So good job on doing that part!

For the information of the course content, you illustrate it by using powerpoint slides and I think it’s a good way. However, there are too many information on the slides which make it hard to follow. My advice is that make the information on powerpoint slide brief and clear. I know there are lots of information need to be delivered, however, you can record the voice speech for each slide of your powerpoint. I think that will give extra points to your project! You also have videos for learners to support their learning which is great.

For your assignments, I think those are high quality assignments because they give learners opportunities to interact and therefore create a positive learning environment. I like how the assignments are mostly students-based, which instructors don’t have lots of control of the content of the assignments. Students may benefit from this type of learning (open pedagogy) and could contribute in developing new knowledge.

Great work overall! I hope my suggestion helps a little! Best of luck of the rest of your semester!

In this blog post I choose YouTube as my video source. Here is the video I selected for interactive learning.

What kind of interaction would the video require from your students? Does it force them to respond in some way (inherent)?

This video is very simple and easy to follow. I don’t think it requires any interaction. However, I do believe students will reflect inherently which they will go through some mental process. The video is actually very interesting and the content is closely related to our everyday life. I think most of students can have an idea of what they have learned from the video at the end.

In what way are they likely to respond to the video on their own, e.g. make notes, do an activity, think about the topic (learner-generated)?

I think they are likely to respond to the video mentally. I think here teachers can do more for students by grouping up people and let them share their thoughts through interaction.

What activity could you suggest that they do, after they have watched the video (designed)? What type of knowledge or skill would that activity help develop? What medium or technology would students use to do the activity?

I encourage them to do some monitoring on their activities and have them shared after a week. I encourage them to apply knowledge in the video to real life and have an eye to how the process goes. I want them to develop comprehending and applying skills. After they share their work, they got opportunities to develop communication, even presenting skills. The technology students might need for this project is a phone. They can download apps on phone where they can track their daily activities such as calories intake.

How would students get feedback on the activity that you set? What medium or technology would they and/or you use for getting and giving feedback on their activity?

I’ll watch the presentations (recorded) and give them feedback immediately. They will get opportunities to present to their peers and their peers will also give them feedback, vice versa. At the end I’ll ask them to revise their presentation (optional).