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Image from Clever Library, illustrating Khan Academy What Is It? We chose to dive deeper into one of the open online resources. Khan Academy is a nonprofit, American based educational organization. This platform shares a range of useful content, lessons… Continue Reading →

Image from Clever Library, illustrating Khan Academy What is it? We chose to dive deeper into one of the open online resources. Khan Academy is a nonprofit, American based educational organization. This platform shares a range of useful content, lessons… Continue Reading →

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ Image from Clever Library, illustrating Khan Academy What is it? We chose to dive deeper into one of the open online resources. Khan Academy is a nonprofit, American based educational organization. This platform shares a range of… Continue Reading →

The goal of this week was to identify my topic of free inquiry, gain an initial understanding of the context, and develop a 7-week learning plan. The theme I have chosen to explore is whether teachers are becoming facilitators rather… Continue Reading →

The resource that I explored this week was a 2015 article published by Jisc, a UK-based digital, data, and technology agency, entitled “Developing Students’ Digital Literacy.” It was referenced in Catherine Cronin’s 2017 article “Openness and Praxis: Exploring the Use… Continue Reading →

Your final post of the term should utilize a multimedia artifact (voice, video, screen capture, etc.) to summarize your learning on your topic and also reflect on the process of learning through free inquiry, and reflect on the role of… Continue Reading →

Photo by Hugo Rocha on Unsplash What Is It? Design Thinking, as described by Jess Mitchell in a blog post, Planning Frameworks, is an “iterative approach to learning that encourages learners to prototype (as designers) in response to a challenge… Continue Reading →

This week I watched Jon Dron’s presentation and read Weller and Marr’s article. These resources led me to consider the central question: Are we really building “learning communities” or are we simply moving traditional educational content online? Jon Dron emphasized… Continue Reading →

Through reading this week’s materials, I have learned about the concepts and differences between OEP and OER: OER (Open Educational Resources) refers to teaching and learning materials that can be freely accessed, used, modified, and re-shared, such as open textbooks, videos, and… Continue Reading →

Reading through this week’s posts I began to understand the importance of focusing on the future of edtech, particularly how we understand and use generative AI and the potential hopes and threats of edtech. I got me thinking about how… Continue Reading →