Blog Summation My goals at the beginning of this course were nothing too radical. I simply wanted to learn how to better understand how social media could be used more professionally, because before this course, I only used social media as a form of entertainment. I also had no clue what a Personal Learning Network…

AI and Social Media AI is becoming a bigger part of education and social media, creating opportunities and challenges. It can help make learning more accessible by providing support, generating ideas, and helping find resources. However, it can also spread misinformation and make it easier for people to rely on technology without thinking for themselves….

My current PLN’s Currently, my PLN consists mainly of platforms like Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, and websites used through UVic (like Brightspace). I use Pinterest as a source of inspiration! Pinterest is useful for finding ideas that I can use for school and work. This past semester, I took an art class, and when I was…

Before taking this course, I did not spend much time thinking about the relationship between social media, media literacy, and PLNs. I mainly used social media to stay connected with friends and essentially “scroll”. I have now started to recognize that social media can be much more than a source of entertainment. It can be…

At this stage in my life, I feel there are not too many platforms that I use professionally if I am being completely honest. My most used apps are TikTok, intsagram and spotify which I use all for personal reasons. When learning about and then creating my V and R map, I realized that there…

For the majority of student in todays genertion, social media plays a large role in their lives. As I get closer to gradution I am slowly looking at ways to put myself out there in my career field. As a generation of students who use social media as a primary communication platform, it is cool…

By Avery Sikkes, Rita Haxhiavdija, Nagarjun Anand, and Evelyn Schoahs Overview – What the resource is doing well overall Overall, your Interactive Learning Resource is engaging and well-designed for students. There is both structured content and interactive pieces, so it feels like active learning. There is strong alignment between your learning outcomes and the activities…

For this activity, I explored how video can be used to support interaction in learning environments. The video I selected focuses on the concept of the bystander effect, a topic often discussed in psychology courses when examining social behavior and responsibility. This type of video would work well in an introductory psychology or social studies…

How can you adjust your planned learning activities to meet the needs of your learners if an unexpected event occurs? (for example, if a pandemic arises, and many of students must now work from home – how will you ensure that they can still learn successfully? What training will they need, and how will you…

Inquiry-based learning is a learner-focused approach that emphasizes curiosity, questioning, and exploration instead of relying on direct instruction. Rather than leading from the front, the teacher takes on a guiding role, supporting students as they investigate real-world issues, ask meaningful questions, and build understanding through their own discovery (Australian Government).  Active learning is central to…