Assignment 3: Final S nthesis

Sha na Jen en

Ma e of Ed ca ional Technolog , Uni e i of B i i h Col mbia

ETEC 524 65A- Lea ning Technologie : Selec ion, De ign, and A lica ion

Na a ha Bo kic

A il 8, 2022
 In m fligh a h I o lined he a ea ha I ho gh e e mo im o an o me o foc on

lea ning f om hi co e, hich e e lea ning en i onmen , in e ac ion and comm nica ion, and

m l imodali ie . I iden ified he e a ea beca e I a hem a lace hich I had he lea

e e ience in o co ld im o e in he mo . I al o di c ed a e men beca e I ha e no done

a la ge amo n of a e men c ea ion m elf in he la fe ea . I ha e o ided feedback o

eache abo ha hei den ha e achie ed d ing he da I am he e, b ha i a fa

e ch f om he amo n of o k ha goe in o de elo ing lea ning e e ience and a e men

fo a co e. I al o di c ed ho he e a e a lo of h dle ha ed ca o and den n in o

i h online lea ning; ome ime i acce o echnolog o good in e ne , b i can al o incl de

i e i h comm nica ion o e en limi a ion b he echnolog ea e ing.

I hink ha hi co e defini el affo ded me i h a lo of o o ni ie o e lo e m

o n eaching ac ice and o enco age m elf o hink abo all he a ea of online lea ning ha

man ma ake fo g an ed. Thi incl de he n mbe of comm nica ion fo m ha e ha e he

o ion o e, and in a en e, ma be e ha e oo man choice . E e e on, cla , o chool

ma ha e a fo m ha he find i mo con enien fo hei need , and a he o - econda le el

he e a ea o be a la ge a ie of a ha ed ca o comm nica e i h hei den , o

ha den comm nica e i h each o he . Some cla e ma efe mo e han one fo m of

comm nica ion b o he o ld a he kee i im le and ick o one. O co e made e of a

n mbe of diffe en comm nica ion mean ; an o ional oom mee ing once a eek, and

a nch ono l h o gh di c ion boa d on Can a , Ma e mo , and UBC Blog . I fel ha

ha ing h ee a nch ono mode of in e ac ion h o gh ha ing info ma ion, idea and

connec ing i h m cla ma e and di ib ed info ma ion a lo a o o ed o kee ing i

con enien l (in m o inion) in one lace. Fo m final ojec I ke i o Google Cla oom fo

im lici , b i i oe e eache o di co e ha o k be fo hem and hei den o

find cce i h online lea ning. No o a ha m den o ld ag ee i h kee ing all of

hei comm nica ion in one lace, b he o ld be f ee o comm nica e i h each o he off

la fo m in o de o a k each o he e ion , lan ojec and collabo a e on a ignmen .

One of he hing I fo nd i e enligh ening abo hi co e a he a ha E ic

Ma alked abo a e men . Hi di c ion of he amid of hinking kill (De ek Bok

Cen e , 2013) and a e men a a hole a e e-o ening and i had me eflec ing on he a

ha I enco age den o od ce an e in m field. In a ic la , hinking abo eaching

all a ea of he amid ( To C ea ing E al a ing Anal ing A l ing

Unde anding Remembe ing Bo om ) (Ma , 2013), he e being able o make

a m ion and make ob e a ion abo he o ld a o nd hem hel hem in eal o ld

i a ion he e he a e no al a o ided i h a e fo m la. We do a lo of a ming and

g e ing in o li e ha o den need o ha e he o o ni o o k on hi in an

ed ca ion e ing a ell.

In he f e, I an o con in e o de elo and b ild on he online ni ha I de elo ed

in hi co e, a ell a find o he a o inco o a e echnolog in o he cla oom. In

a ic la , I ill be looking o con in e o de elo he ocial die game ha I a ed

de elo ing in a e io cla o ha i can be ed bo h online and in e on, gamif ing he

ocial die c ic l m a be a I can (I ll incl de a link belo ). I ha e al ead been able o

cce f ll ho i online in a b o e o ha i i acce ible a long a he den ha acce o

a de ice, ho gh i end o o k mo e ea il on a com e han on a able o hone. Thi

o ld be ome hing I o ld look in o fi ing o a o no limi m a dience e e ience i h he

ool. Addi ionall , he e a e a lo of a ea of im o emen fo be e in c ion i hin he game,

ha doe no ake a a f om he e lo a ion elemen ha I a ing o achie e. The e a e

man fla ha I look o o k h o gh in o de o a em o find a balance be een gamif ing

lea ning and Ma c P en k a g men abo lea ning o come and hei ela ion hi o

a ic la lea ning ac i i ie , a mma i ed in Ande on (2008), hich incl de c ea i i

h o gh la ing and ea oning h o gh le , oblem hich I og ammed in o he game.

The ho e i ha m den ill lea n o e lo e and oblem ol e h o gh he e echnological

e e ience hile al o o iding hem i h he o o ni o e e ience he o ld in diffe en

a .

Con in ing o hink abo he SECTIONS Model (Ba e , 2014; O e eil e . al, 2015) i

al o ome hing ha I am going o look o e n o hen I an o incl de an ne echnolog in

m ac ice. While I hink ha elemen like co and ea e of ea e o of he iece of he

model ha I looked a e en befo e lea ning abo hem, I belie e ha a foc on in e ac ion and

he den ho ld ake mo e of a io i beca e, in he end, ed ca ion i abo he den .

I abo lea ning. So i finding a ha e can e and and b ild on o c en a of

lea ning h o gh ne echnologie , hile no fo ge ing ha ome ime he adi ional ff can

o ka ell. No e e hing need o be e laced, b in he ca e of doing o, ecogni ing ha

he e a e going o al a be nde l ing effec of he echnologie e e (McL han, n.d.).

Some ime echnolog can feel like a g ea e lacemen fo ome hing olde , b e al o need o

con ide ha i lo in making ha change a ell, he he i ha o do i h in e ac ion, a kill

o e en he enjo men of ha a once ed.

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