Hi Neeraj, I think you’ve made a good post on the importance of Universal Design Learning, highlighting the importance of creating an inclusive space for all to have an equal chance to learn. Your point on respecting an upholding learner’s diversity was a very strong point; how being inclusive does not just end at being…
Hi Fiona, this was a really well constructed and thoughtful post. I really liked in a lot of your ideas for designing learning, the approached were a proactive measure, rather than being reactive; like how you said that barriers should be identified first, before they become an obstacle to learning. I really liked your inclusion…
Hi Anthony, I really enjoyed your post and how you connected Backward Design, Design thinking, and Bloom’s Taxonomy to computer science learning. Your point starting with clear goals reminded me of my experience in gardening at the Empress, because my boss similarly always had me understand the proper way to care for a plant before…
Hi Larissa, this is a really great blog post that you’ve done for this week’s module. The layout of your blog post was very organized and relating the theories to microbiology made it feel very personal and applicable. I think that your example was very well chosen, and it showed the effectiveness of Bloom’s taxonomy….
An Introduction to My Learning Journey – Learning Design for Technology-Mediated Environments Hi Anthony, you did a really great job with you first blog post here. I think that we learn in very similar ways, like you, a very important factor in my learning is confidence. If I do not have confidence in what I…
#1 – EDCI 335 Hi Max, I really like what you’ve done here with your blog post, I really liked the inclusion of the Adult Learning Theory Video in your post, I think that that video has a lot of important information for people that are in their adult years still wanting to learn. I…
EDCI 335 Blog Post #1 – EDCI Course Webpage – Simon Lauer Hi Simon, I think that you did a really good job on this blog post, I really like how in depth you went on your personal learning style. I think that this learning style that you have implemented for yourself is really creative…
Within our module for this week, we were shown different type of learning styles that aim to provide a more accessible medium, to ensure that all students are given an equal opportunity to learn. UDL A UDL or a Universal Design for Learning, is a sort of blueprint that an educator will try to keep…
Introduction For this week’s module, we were presented with many different ways in which educators design the ways we learn. There were many different frameworks that we learned about in this module, such as backward design, design thinking, learning taxonomies, amongst others, all of which are unique and insightful in the ways that they can…
About Me Hello, My name is Marcos Castellanos-Thammavong, I am a 5th year Philosophy Major at UVic. I’ve had many experiences along my educational journey as a learner, but one major experience that always sticks out to me, is the process of a Socratic seminar. This is a discussion/learning style that allows active engagement from…