Verena’s Posts

Hello everyone ! Thank you for handing in your Assignment #5 Proposals. I am looking forward to some amazing final projects on December 4, 2020. Over the next week you will be completing your final assignments and thinking about next steps. I have added some helpful hints based on student questions throughout the past week. … Continue reading "#EDCI339 Finishing the Course & Next Steps"

Hello everyone! As Covid numbers rise across Canada, I hope that you are your family are keeping safe during the next few weeks. I am home in isolation with my family after my daughter was considered in close contact with a Covid positive teacher, I have friends going through symptoms of Covid – I know … Continue reading "Week 12 – Final Week Review and Summary- The #EDCI339 Final Countdown"

Welcome to Week 11! Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. David Porter for our final webinar. In order to have a better understanding of Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Educational practices (OEP) and Open learning, I encourage you all to listen to this webinar which you can fiDr. David Porter’s nd here: … Continue reading "Week 11, Topic 4 – Open Learning & Open Pedagogy"

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash Hello everyone! Welcome to week 10 and the final topic – Sharing Resources and Open Practices in Distributed & Open Learning. Last week, you collaboratively worked together in your groups to complete a project which consider how to provided equitable and accessible learning opportunities for ALL students in online … Continue reading "Week 10: Topic 4- Open Educational Resources"

Hello everyone ! Welcome to Week 9! As you complete your Pod Equity Projects (see the bottom of Week 8 blog post for project information) I want you to spend some time thinking about all the different aspects of “access to learning” that are explored through the UDL Framework. This week in your reflective blog, … Continue reading "Week 9: InEquity in Digital Learning Contexts #EDCI339"

Welcome to Week 8! Last week we were lucky to have the well spoken Josie Gray from BCCampus offer an amazing webinar on Accessibility in Online Learning Environments. Please ensure that you review her webinar and her resources. As you and your social pod group work on Assignment #3, it is important to not only … Continue reading "Week 8: Topic 3- Merging From Inaccessible to Inequitable … #EDCI339"

Recordings: Presentation Recording Question Recording I will add the files to “Webinar Recordings” in Brightspaces for those who cannot access google. Link to Presentation Click HERE for the link to Josie’s presentation Here are the student questions that you sent in for Josie Gray: Social Pod Questions:  Is it easier to implement UDL with online … Continue reading "Week 7: UDL & Accessibility in Online/Open learning Environments Webinar: Josie Gray"

Weekly Course Reading This week we will be transitioning from the history of distributed and open learning into the realities of designing for distributed and open learning experiences. Just before Covid, much of the work of online course designers and educators was focused on how to meet the needs of ALL learners, with an emphasis … Continue reading "Week 7: Transitioning to Topic 3 Equity and Accessibility in Distributed & Open Learning #EDCI339"

Photo by James Sutton on Unsplash Welcome to Week 6! I have given you all some feedback on your blog post #1 of 4 – which makes up Assignment #2. Some things to consider for future blog posts: The blog posts must integrate and connect to course content & resources which includes your weekly reading, … Continue reading "Week 6: History of Open Learning #EDCI339"

Thank you to our first two guests in the #EDCI339 webinar series! We appreciate your time, dedication and contribution to global learning! Webinar 1- Topic 1: Humanizing the Learning Experience with Helen DeWaard Twitter: @hj_dewaard Google Slides Webinar 2 – Topic 2: 25 Years of EdTech with Dr. Martin Weller Twitter: @mweller Questions for Students … Continue reading "#EDCI339 Webinars"

Activities this week: Dr. Martin Wellar’s optional webinar. Tuesday Oct 6, 2020 (9-10 am PST) Please add your Questions for Dr. Weller (from your Week 4 blog posts) HERE Zoom link is on the #EDCI339 A02 social spaces page Also consider following #EDCI339 in Twitter and add any resources, links or other tweets that expands … Continue reading "Week 5: T2 Transitioning from History of EdTech/ Learning Theory into Online Learning Design #EDCI339"

Optional Webinar: Humanizing Online Learning with Helen DeWaard Pleasant Reminder: Humanizing Online Learning Webinar with Helen DeWaard will be on Tuesday, Sept 29 from 6-7 PST. The Zoom Link can be found on https://edtechuvic.ca/edci339/a02social-spaces/ Helen is completing her PhD and will discuss her experiences and research in Humanizing Online Learning. You are welcome to skim … Continue reading "Week 4 – EDCI339 History Of Educational Technology"

Welcome to Week 3! Last week you were getting organized finding your way through Brightspaces (UVic’s current Learning Management System) and meeting with your class in a synchronous Zoom session. You were also asked to Introduce yourself to the class, read two articles and completed an open book online quiz. Some of you may have … Continue reading "Week 3 – EDCI339 A02"

Introductions, Human-Centered Learning, Privacy and Security in Distributed (Online) and Open Learning Environments. Welcome to #EDCI339 ! Thank you for coming to our Introductory zoom webinars on Sept 9 or 10. This post focuses the “Start Up” activities that you will need to complete before starting the formal class activities next week from Sept 8- … Continue reading "Week 1-2 EDCI339 A02 Fall"

Welcome to Topic 4!  This topic will consider how K-12 educators find and share resources and how we practice and model open educational practices.  We will also examine the potential for open educational resources (OER) in K-12 Learning Contexts.  Pleasant reminder ** The #EDCI339 course twitter chat will be on Thursday, July 23, 2020 7-8 … Continue reading "Topic 4- Sharing Resources & Practicing Open Learning #EDCI339"

Welcome to Topic 3!  This topic will consider Equity and Access in K-12 online/distributed and open learning environments. This blog post will:  Give you an overview of Assignment #2 Expectations Summarize the key points from the Topic 3 readings Describe the Activities for Topic 3 Provide multiple Additional Resources to consider for Assignment #2 (and … Continue reading "Topic 3: July 16-21 Equity and Access in K-12 Distributed (Online) & Open Learning Environments"

Blog Reflection in preparation for today’s webinar: https://edtechuvic.ca/vroberts/2020/07/12/webinar-topic-2-historical-theoretical-context-of-k-12-online-open-learning-in-canada-how-to-design-for-k-12-online-learning-pre-and-post-covid/ Here is the video recording for the webinar: This is the google.doc that was used to help take notes from the webinar discussion: Topic 2 Webinar LINK HERE It is a great resource when considering the similarities and differences between K-12 online and open learning.

This Tuesday, July 14, 2020 from 2-3 pm PDT, Dr. Rancy LaBonte, Dr. Michael Barbour and Dr. Verena Roberts will share their perspectives of the historical and theoretical contexts of K-12 online and open learning in Canada. In the topic 2 readings this week, #EDCI339 students will have read readings from all three of these … Continue reading "Reflective Post for-> Webinar Topic 2: Historical & Theoretical Context of K-12 Online & Open learning in Canada – How to Design for K-12 Online Learning Pre and During Covid …"

Welcome to Topic 2! Please watch the video that transitions and expands upon the concept of Human-Centered learning from Topic and connects the History and Context of K-12 Distributed and Open Learning. Videos that summarize content for students, rather than expecting them to sit in a synchronous lecture (in bricks and mortar classrooms OR online … Continue reading "Topic 2: July 10-15 History and Context of K-12 Distributed and Open Learning"

Welcome to EDCI339 Section A02. My name is Dr. Verena Roberts and I will be your instructor throughout this course. This video summarizes the course outline. Please watch it and feel free to send me any questions or concerns: T1: Introductions, Privacy, and Human-Centred Learning Human-Centered Learning: The Importance of Building Relationships, Clear Communication and … Continue reading "Topic 1: July 6-9 Introductions, Privacy, and Human-Centred Learning"