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Annotated Bibliographies

Catherine November 24, 2020 3 Comments

Our PLN delivered yet again as we collectively developed our Annotated Bibliography for this semester’s F431. I thought there was a great diversity of topics and yet there were some common themes around pedagogy, history of tool development in support of education, and the willingness to share results that did not always show promise - the concept of agile testing to see if a technique even...

Adobe Spark

Catherine November 11, 2020 5 Comments

I evaluated several options before I decided to review Adobe Spark as my third emerging technology First - the ones that didn’t make the list. Playposit was suggested as an interactive video and assessment tool that integrates with Blackboard. I was drawn to the concept of how to do an assessment, but when I went to test it, realized it was similar to Kaltura and...

Kahoot!

Catherine November 11, 2020 4 Comments

I chose this emerging technology because it was described as a study/polling tool for the class. It incorporates elements of gamification and can be used on either mobile or desktop devices. I was also intrigued by the concept of implementing personalized learning. This is a program where the basic model is free, but it still made me provide credit card info. The four categories...

Quick Rubric

Catherine November 11, 2020 4 Comments

As one of my emerging tools, I decided to evaluate Quick Rubric I wanted to see if I could create something that was easier for my students to follow. I had just completed grading their consequence assignments - which is the 4th in a series of 7 assignments to generate a risk analysis about a target with hazards and threats that they have selected. Even though I continue to update my...

Taxonomies & Objectives

Catherine October 14, 2020 0 Comments

This assignment will be my first attempt to build my own class. The one I teach now came to me as a package. It’s been much easier to modify that one as I continue on my journey as both an instructor and a student - as I experiment with my own style and understanding how to build my skills in project-based and student-centered learning. These are the characteristics that help students...

Situational Factors

Catherine October 11, 2020 0 Comments

As I reflect on the situational factors listed in Fink's book on Exhibit 3.2, I could include all of them. However, I'm going to focus on the characteristics of the learner and the teacher. With respect to the learners, I had this exact conversation with Dr. Cam Carlson last week when we chatted about the type of course I should be building and I asked - Who are the clients - who are we...

Web Presence

Catherine October 9, 2020 4 Comments

Web presence is not a new concept - it has been discussed in the scholarly literature for decades now…For example, Debaty & Caswell (2001) spoke to creating and implementing a uniform web presence architecture. And Mohorovicic, S. (2013) spoke to implementing responsive web design. I also reviewed two papers looking at the requirements to establish a web presence for both small and large...

A screenshot of a slideshare ppt on inquiry based learning

Video-Based Modeling used for Learning and Transfer

Catherine September 26, 2020 0 Comments

Introduction The paper “Effects of creating video-based modeling examples on learning and transfer” by Hoogerheide et al (2014) focused on an experiment to evaluate example-based learning from three different perspectives. The authors identify this instructional technique as being studied from both the cognitive perspective as well as the social-cognitive perspective, also known as social...

No matter which century….

Catherine September 22, 2020 0 Comments

So many questions to answer and so little time...I’ll focus on one. In looking at the Framework for 21st Century Learning in the Battelle for Kids program, I’m not sure I see a significant change over the past several decades, although that could be perceived as an opinion, given I don’t have similar documentation to review from that time frame. The reason for my statement is that the...

Rain Vortex indoor waterfall at Singapore's Jewel Changi international airport.

PLN Musings continued

Catherine September 21, 2020 5 Comments

While I have a Twitter account, I don't tweet - I just don't find that medium to be to my liking and I rarely find anything useful there. So I'll share my reflections on the two articles here...I truly resonated with Cormier’s blog post - the reference to plants through the mycelium has excellent symbolism for any network and suggests a sharing that is not defined by any boundaries. I could...