Module 5 Learning Activity: Micro storytelling, Speculation, and the Future (Twitter Chat)
Module 4 Learning Activity: Beyond Boundaries (Twitter Chat)
Q1: How has technology changed education in your lifetime?
Q2: Continuing on the theme of technology… How will technology shape education into the future?
Q3: Who do you think controls the future of education?
Q4: is a follow-up to Q3: Who do you think SHOULD control the future of education? Why?
Q5: What should be our biggest fear or concern with possible/plausible futures for education based on emerging trends/technologies/models?
Q6 : How do we avoid the futures we fear in education?
self-reflection
I chose this activity because the last Module4 activity made me interested in participating again. This way of sharing my views with learners can enliven the overall learning atmosphere and give me a feeling of integration. In this way I would be more likely to engage in active learning.
Q1: What does ‘Open Education’ mean to you?
Q2: Expanding on Q1, if you had to characterized #OpenEd with just 1 word, what word would you use?
Q3: What common misconceptions exist about open education?
Q4: How are the roles of the students and the instructor(s) (and the content!) impacted by #openEd?
Q5: As a learner, would you like to see more openness in your courses?
Q6: What one piece of advice would you give to an instructor wanting to implement more open educational practices in their teaching?
Self-reflection
I chose this activity because I wanted to try to understand how to use Twitter as a platform for multimedia learning. It was a novel experience to participate in the Twitter chat, as the platform allowed me to clearly express my views in short sentences and to discuss and exchange ideas with other colleagues, which I found very meaningful as I had not used Twitter as an educational tool before.
The theme of our study this week is The Personalization of Learning. After understanding, I personally think that The Personalization of Learning is to use digital technology to target each student’s individual differences, interests and strengths, and needs to be helped. Make overall adjustments in order to achieve the best learning effect. I think what attracts me the most is that it allows each student to have their own learning content and learning style, which personally allows me to have a longer time to think, instead of being in a hurry.
I have used many platforms for personalized learning. In fact, the most frequent contact with personalized learning for me was when I was in China. At that time, I was learning English. At that time, there were many mobile apps that provided training for memorizing words. , one of the apps is called “baicizhan”, this app will ask you a more acceptable learning frequency before learning, such as how many words you memorize a day, and you can choose whether to intersperse previously learned words when learning new words, This also reflects that personalized learning means an approach to learning that is tailored to each student’s strengths, needs and interests.
I also recently experienced the creation of Magic Sketchpad, I tried to draw a pig, and it magically completed the drawing for me.
This week I learned about the concept of active and passive learning and after I understood it I thought that the difference between the two is huge. It is generally believed that the learning process initiated by the learner is called active learning, and the learning process initiated by factors other than the learner is called passive learning. Whether in work or in life, I think we should all prefer active learning.
Although passive learning has certain reasonable aspects, active learning is a positive learning attitude, and we can learn by ourselves without external forces. , I think that active learning is more efficient than passive learning, and passive learning is more about being forced to learn. In addition to this, in terms of staying power, active learners are able to concentrate longer and be able to explore themselves. In passive learning, learners are easily distracted.
There are advantages and disadvantages in the attributes of everything, and there are opposites. Maybe some students will adapt to passive learning, which may make them feel at ease, because the overall direction is controlled by the teacher.
For this assignment, I consider the current understanding of multimedia learning principles, using the infographic in Blog4 as the basis for reflecting on aspects of production that are not reasonable enough, and embedding new theories learned later to update and improve the way of showing the theory of Teaching Presence.
When I first used Visme to create the infographic, I did not have enough experience and did not consider that the infographic should be more concise and convenient for presenting ideas and conveying information, and in addition, I realized in the feedback of the assignment that Italic text is harder to read and so on.
This is the previous infographic on teaching presence:
My initial infographic was overloaded with textual content, although the color scheme was bright and contrasting, the presentation of the content was not suitable for the audience’s understanding and memory, and later I felt that presenting a viewpoint or concept to the audience in an infographic way might be less engaging for the audience than a video. Maybe infographic can’t include some of the more complicated concepts very well, I feel that because of its characteristics, I can’t add a lot of text description, but too simple to fully explain the concept, so I made a short video to better explain to the audience.
Accessibility
I believe that educational media or software should be designed to meet the needs of all people, such as people with dyslexia, or people with visual impairment, and short videos provide both audio and images, so I think that through video people can observe the main points in the video and listen to the narration at the same time.
Mayerβs segmentation principle
By using Mayer’s segmentation principle when producing this Storytelling with Video type of short video makes the video feel clearer because it is presented in segments, which allows the viewer to control the pace of their learning.
And the overall color is relatively soft, which makes people feel more at ease. In addition, I think through the video, the viewer can feel more immersed in something new, and thus become interested in it.
This week I learned structured analysis including TPACK. With the current social background, the popularization of educational technology applications and the application of innovative and diverse teaching models have become the focus of educators. On the other hand, for learners, the widespread application of educational technology not only enables them to have a more diverse, real-time and highly interactive mode of interpersonal communication, but also promotes learners to be more effective in education and learning. The previous learning environment has richer and broader opportunities.
After learning about TPACK, I believe that TPACK is the knowledge that teachers need for practical technology to teach effectively, not only to know the operation of the technology, but also to know what technology to use. TPACK has three core elements:
1.Content knowledge: My understanding of this is the knowledge about the content of the subject taught, such as core concepts and theories, like an overall framework.
2. Pedagogical knowledge: I think it refers more to the process of teaching and learning, practice, teaching strategies and goals, etc.
3.Technological knowledge: This point is more difficult for me to understand, but in short, it is the correct use of technology, the selection of appropriate multimedia platforms, or the use of videos, images, etc. to achieve learning goals.
I think my previous class, EDD-101, did a great job on Technological knowledge. It used the right balance of assigning students to use media and participating in live conferences. For now, I think EDCI337 does the same. One point, the difference from EDD101 is that EDCI337 enables students to learn independently, express their opinions, and exchange ideas with our peers to a greater extent.
What kind of privacy expectations should students have?
I would think as a current student who takes online class, I believe that appearing on camera in class or during exams should be strictly protected. Students who are home schooled may appear on camera and unconsciously reveal information about their identity, such as financial status or religious beliefs, to their professors and other students. Failure to protect such privacy can lead to potential bias and other inappropriate behavior.
When is it acceptable or appropriate for institutions or instructors to engage in actions or to use tools that may challenge student privacy?
I believe that institutions or instructors can appropriately use video cameras to ensure the smooth conduct of examinations under the premise of privacy protection of students, the main problem is how to eliminate the problem of improper screen recording, which is a more important point to solve the problem of privacy protection
As for finding privacy policies of the University of Victoria, I think it is not difficult to find them, they are relatively easy to access, and their content is relatively straightforward, and their views are clearly stated. It states on its website that it “only collects personal information that is directly related to and necessary for the operation of our programs and activities” and you can see that it “has internal policies and procedures in place to clarify how it complies with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act”.
However, before searching for these policies, I personally did not know anything about these policies and how the University protects our personal information from disclosure. But in the specific policy can be seen on the University’s privacy policy is very comprehensive, including a very wide range of aspects.
One of these is “Safeguards for Personal Information,” which indicates that the University will protect personal information in its custody or control from unauthorized access and collection by making reasonable security arrangements. Reasonable security arrangements are in place to protect against the risk of unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure or disposal. Risk of Use, Disclosure or Disposal. This also eliminated my previous concerns about student privacy protection measures.
self-reflection
The reason I chose this activity is that I have not been paying much attention to my privacy as a student, and there is basically no research in this area, so I think this activity will help me to have some understanding of how my privacy is protected.