How are you

During the course, firstly I applied wordpress and mattermost channel, and joined in a learning pod to meet my other four nice team members. And I introduce myself in the discussion which is my first post in the EDCI339 course. ( Discussions List – Summer 2022 EDCI 339 A02 (31331) (uvic.ca)  ) I read the syllabus and clearly understand what we are doing in this July, and finished  fippa and acceptable use of technology quiz in Brightspace. (Summary – FIPPA, Data Security, Privacy & Acceptable Use Quiz – Summer 2022 EDCI 339 A02 (31331) – University of Victoria (uvic.ca) ) 

In topic 1, I have read “1. Conceptual Framework” in “Teaching in Blended Learning Environments” on AU Press—Digital Publications “Vaughan, N. D., Garrison, D. R., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (2013). Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. AU Press.”,  I met my learning pod, and write our own reflection of the reading, it was being posted in the discussion thread. (Topic 1 Discussion – Posts due July 7 & Replies by July 8 – Summer 2022 EDCI 339 A02 (31331) (uvic.ca) )  From doing topic 1, it brings me to a very interesting, up-to-date topic to think about “I agreed with the opinion from the reading material, the online education experience and technology can mixed with the traditional frame of education, in order to achieve better education environment. The advantages from online education can be learned at any time without restrictions on time and space, which improves the efficiency of learning, and it can increase the capacity of “classroom” solving the problem of inequality in educational resources. ”

In topic2, reading, Major, C. H. (2015). Teaching Online – A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice. Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=3318874 (pp. 76-108) , In this reading , I found while we discuss the impact and advantages of open pedagogy on traditional education methods, we could also see the advantages and disadvantages that can be improve “When we choose, online teaching would reduce the physical interaction between people despite the invention of video cameras, and lack of practical experiences “we might later overlook a more neutral or positive response (reduction) because it feels diminished or minimized in an online or text-based environment. The lack of face-to-face direct communication can affect the communication of ideas and lead to misunderstandings.” （Topic 2 – How are you (opened.ca)）

And we focus on the Digital Equity and Perspective project as a group of five people,  read (Lowenthal, Patrick, et al. “Thinking Beyond Zoom: Using Asynchronous Video to Maintain Connection and Engagement During The COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, vol. 28, no. 2, 2020, pp.383-391.), (Major, Claire Howell. Teaching Online: A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice. John Hopkins University Press, 2015.) , (Tong, Jiayi, et al. “Distributed Learning for Heterogeneous Clinical Data with Application to Integrating COVID-19 Data Across 230 sites.” NPJ Digital Medicine, vol. 5, no. 1, 2022, pp.1-8.) we made a organized chart and persona to brain storm, and discussed together in doing pitch proposal. By completing this homework in a group way, we have more inspiration and ideas, and also make the homework more comprehensive. We are all very glad to have such a chance to work together as a team, and enjoy this group assignment.

In topic3, I read material Open Pedagogy – A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students (rebus.community) and Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy | Common Sense Education. And I creat the blogs that I think it is the best than other. the chapter name of the topic3 is access and equity which is closely related to the two articles given, and we as UVIC students are extremely fortunate that educational resources are not public and unlimited.” In the face of many economic costs in society, tuition and book costs in college also place a considerable financial burden on students, Among educational problems, financial problems facing students are the main reasons why higher education resources are not fully covered by solved by reducing the interest on student loans alone. The inequality of higher resources indirectly caused by family conditions will form the butterfly effect. “Among the educated of open Pedagogy, it is mentioned that it can help students to greatly reduce the economic burden they face while receiving “In this advantage of open education, if it can be properly combined with traditional education, the purpose of reducing learning cost will be greatly achieved. But along the way there are more factors to consider such as information privacy, Network Conditions and Electronic Devices for viewing the course Material.”. There are many possible advantages of open education that have not yet been mentioned. For example, in the use of OER, the materials of the course may be established by the students and the teacher together, because the inclusion of students may make the materials easier to understand and learn. “Open Pedagogy is still a direction worthy of development and practice, allowing students to have a dialogue with the teaching materials and creating more space for vitality and improvement in education.” （Topic 3 – How are you (opened.ca)）

In the last topic, the reading Wiley, D. & Hilton, J. (2018). Defining OER-enabled Pedagogy. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 19(4), The two points mentioned were of great interest to me and I wrote about them in my blog, The first point is that open education was first created in an informal classroom setting, Note this as an informal classroom in a way of learning hobbies. “When the lead of the process is given to the student, the student can freely arrange his time according to his own learning preferences. But for teenagers, there are many things in reality that appeal to them more than learning materials, So it is not a good thing to cede the lead in education to students.” On the other hands, In the article mentioned “Under the traditional education method, “Millions of hours of work are done, contests, and thrown away each year.” It got me wondering if we could create value in the tens of thousands of graded assignments in addition to being discarded. (Topic 4 – How are you (opened.ca))

I read in the article that open learning is created in an informal classroom setting, Note this as an informal classroom in a way of learning hobbies. “Advice Classroom where children might be trusted to learn by Exploring according to their own interests, Home being bored, demeaned, and alienated “if you can come on traditional classroom learning mode become the students’ interest there is no doubt will become not to be” boring “, efficiency and gained from study of the experience of it will be better. But traditional teaching yields better returns in most subjects, especially math and science. When the lead of the process is given to the student, the student can freely arrange his time according to his own learning preferences. But for teenagers, there are many things in reality that appeal to them more than learning materials, so it is not a good thing to cede the lead in education to students.

But as I read on, I noticed an interesting point. Under the traditional education method, “Millions of hours of work are done, contests, and thrown away each year.” In education, we focus on giving students the qualifications of knowledge and testing their scores. But whether the creativity of these generations in education has been underestimated. I looked at the desktop of my computer, folders with names and numbers of assignments from my university courses. But they were never opened again after they were graded, so it seems that nothing creative was left, including my art class homework, which is just in the corner of my house. “Wiley – – miling the idea of renewable assignments which both support an individual student’s learning and result in new or improved open educational resources that provide a lasting benefit to the broader community of This may be an idea worth taking into consideration in modern education systems,” so that later students can have more examples from the past as a basis for their creativity.

View of Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy (irrodl.org)

  In education, the most important part is the students. In the face of many economic costs in society, tuition and book costs in college also place a considerable financial burden on students, which cannot be solved by reducing the interest on student loans alone. The impact of economy on students is particularly emphasized at the educational level of society, “For those of us who work in higher Ed, It’s likely that we have been listeners to the link between family income and college enrollment, attendance, To this day, the economic pressures of life have a direct effect on academic performance, “The likelihood of earning a college degree is tied to family income.” There are countless examples of people who are forced to give up their opportunities to study because of the financial burden on their lives. In this trend, more butterfly effects will be considered, as higher education is driven by economic pressures to become a luxury rather than the equity that everyone expects in education.

  Among the advantages of open Pedagogy, it is mentioned that it can help students to greatly reduce the economic burden they face while receiving education. But along the way there are more factors to consider such as information privacy, network conditions and electronic devices for viewing the course material.

  “Build OERs with your students. Though students may be beginners with most of the content in your course, They are often more adept than you at understanding what beginning students need in order to understand the material.” this is I had not think about it,  In OERS, the close connection between students and the material helps to establish better teaching quality, student into the part of the teaching will bring students more engaged in what they learning. Open Pedagogy is still a direction worthy of development and practice, allowing students to have a dialogue with the teaching materials and creating more space for vitality and improvement in education. At the same time, it can reduce the cost of education. “Refocus the academic world on strengthening the public good.”

  If I am a teacher, this article inspired me to have some of the features in the open pedagogy into my daily traditional teaching, such as recording my lecture and helping the students who want to review, or who missed the course. Also, collecting updated feedback and making changes to content material, in order for students to be more engaged , and easier to understand the course.

Open Pedagogy – A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students (rebus.community)

Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy | Common Sense Education

  I have something to write after reading the first chapter of the book “Teaching Online : A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice.” It talks about “whether we should teach online, particularly given the changes that we will face”, it indicates the impacts given to traditional education with advancing technologies. Online learning has become more and more popular, it brings the human into a completely different method of engaging with instruction. The technology has been tightly connected with human’s daily life, serving as background and being part of the world. It gave the example “As technology is incorporated with humanity, it becomes an extension of the human body, for example by looking through a pair of glasses.” Technological development has become an indispensable part of humanity. With the continuous progress and development of human society, technological innovation helps humans to have more choices and achieve improvements. 

  “Radio in the 1920s, television in the 1950s, and computers in the 1980s.” These communication technologies can ignore the limitations of space and time between the educator and students, saving a lot of spend and time. For example, Today when we are faced with something we don’t know, we generally choose to open search engines through mobile phones or computers, which reflects the features of information being synchronization, transparency and sharing that everyone could mainly find what they want to know on the internet.

  The constant progress of technology also proves that there is still endless room for improvement. When we choose, online teaching would reduce the physical interaction between people despite the invention of video cameras, and lack of practical experiences “we might later overlook a more neutral or positive response (reduction) because it feels diminished or minimized in an online or text-based environment. The lack of face-to-face direct communication can affect the communication of ideas and lead to misunderstandings.

  “Faculty deciding whether to teach online should consider what we hold dear about teaching and what we truly would deem too great a sacrifice to do without”, when we consider how to improve our education, to be clear about the core value of engaging with instruction, and Whether technology can be better integrated rather than completely replaced.

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