Motion Graphics for Educators
Category: Tariq
Documentaries in the Classroom
360 Videos: Lighting and Framing Blues
Virtual Reality in the Classroom
Whiteboard style animation – the monomyth
Courses Flow: Reflection on Creating a Content Module
Designing a unit of study in moodle was a challenging exercise because I found myself questioning the value of every element and attribute that I introduced in the unit. Having started with a well-defined objective of making peer and community interaction the strongest element of the course provided me with a criterion for assessing the value of each element and attribute. However, the community and peer interaction that I wanted to build would remain a hypothetical construct until learners actually engaged with the course. The design and post-design reflection helped me re-evaluate some of my pre-conceived notions about online and face-to-face courses. The following reflection is an overview of the objectives I set out to achieve and how my perspective evolved over the process of design.
Learning Techs
This week’s readings introduce us to some comprehensive frameworks for evaluating technology for use in teaching and learning. However, I think that there is room for introducing some more considerations and I was inspired by the readings (especially, Bates’ catchy acronym) to create a framework that incorporates the ideas from the various authors and also introduces a couple of new considerations. And of course, in order to make the framework memorable, I had to come up with a catchy acronym of my own – L.E.A.R.N.I.N.G. T.E.C.H.S.
Immersion
De Castell and Jensen identify several factors that allow commercial video games to offer a more engaging learning experience for gamers than educational games. The most prominent feature that allows deeper engagement with commercial video games is immersion.
The Physical Real
Both Gee and Turkle introduce some terms that really resonated. However, I found myself looking for common ground in the work of the two scholars and thought that Turkle’s concept of the physical real is a locus that can be used to connect arguments from Alone Together and What Video Games Have to Teach Us. The physical real is one of those concepts that is so rudimentary that it is hard to explain.
Learner Self-Regulation
In this week’s reading there are many interesting innovations, cases and frameworks for assessment discussed by Nicol, Redecker & Johannessen. I found that there was one common theme that tied all of these frameworks together – a movement towards greater learner self-regulation .