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…
Share a story about how you overcame a learning challenge. Why was it a challenge? What strategies did you use? Use the language you learned in this unit. My struggle with math dates back to 2013, when I was in third grade. My teacher liked to play a multiplication game where everyone stood up and…
I can not even count the number of times I have restarted my Duolingo lessons. I was initially motivated to take Duolingo because I have been semi-fluent in German my whole life and really need to brush up on my grammar so I can properly communicate with my family. My goal to work on my…
Throughout this course, I have gained a deeper understanding of how learning and multimedia design connect to our educational experiences. When I first began, I didn’t think much about how people process information or how cognitive load plays a role in understanding. I mostly focused on content, not how the delivery of that content affects…
From a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) perspective, accessibility is not simply about compliance or accommodation; it is a way of learning based on the understanding that variability is needed for a functioning education system. UDL is the idea that learners have different ways of perception, including language backgrounds, cultural frames of reference, attention, motivation,…
Open Educational Resource: Khan Academy As someone who has always struggled with math, although it is basic, the most beneficial open educational resource for me has been Khan Academy. Khan is used all over the world as an open educational resource. It helps people learn easily and efficiently through the use of online videos. Its…
How the internet works! (1-minute videos) Series of educational videos on the internet Updated: October 10th, 2025Authors: Brian Pham, Evelyn Schoahs, Nagarjun Anand One of Brian’s courses this semester showcases how the internet works end-to-end. We discussed how the average learner does not have knowledge of this information, and this is how we decided on…