Identity is a powerful thing. Research has indicated that a person’s psychological state of mind can impact a multitude of other areas of their life, from their professional achievements (i.e. self-talk influences actions becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy) to physical well-being… Continue Reading →
Motivation is a key determinant of the learning process and I am a strong believer in working with whatever will help a user enjoy the process. While reading Mobile learning: Research, Practice and Challenges by Sharples (2013), I was struck… Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to my blog! Allow me to introduce myself—I’m Scotti-Lynn, first year LDT grad student. This is my second semester in the program and I’m looking forward to getting started. After having laid a solid learning design foundation… Continue Reading →
Now that it is the end of the term, what have I learned? How has my philosophy on learning changed? The short answer is: it hasn’t. But like any wine connoisseur will tell you, it only gets better with age…. Continue Reading →
“In an increasingly customized world, we have standardized public education that is far closer to an early nineteenth-century model than a twenty-first century one. If one purpose of formal education is to underscore what modes of learning are valued by… Continue Reading →
Educational environments are in a constant state of evolution, and similar to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, it’s an incredibly slow process—at least until Covid-19! With many learning environments moving away from in-person to virtual classrooms (even if just temporarily), it… Continue Reading →
According to the paper Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century, the authors define participatory culture as “a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and… Continue Reading →
Wikis are dependent on collaboration in order to build knowledge repositories available for public consumption. After watching the TED talk “The Birth of Wikipedia” with Jimmy Wales, I was left with the impression that the only way to effectively build… Continue Reading →
Host: Scotti-Lynn Moore Guest: Stacy Morris I’m joined by my friend and peer, Stacy Morris. Currently working on her Master’s degree in Communications, we discuss her experiences using web 2.0 tools and social media, both for learning and for career… Continue Reading →
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” —Aristotle Media literacy is increasingly critical to get a handle on. Media literacy isn’t just about reflection of media or even… Continue Reading →
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