EDCI335: Introduction to Learning Design
Polar Dip 2014 Recently returned from a two-week odyssey around my girlfriend’s native land of Barbados, I’ve been tasked as part of our first module in EDCI 335: Learning Design with introducing...
View ArticleThis year’s new Dylan: Design Thinking
Image by David Kernohan I’ve quoted D’Arcy Norman’s MSc thesis here before. However, newly immersed in the introductory strides of Design Thinking, courtesy of UVic and #TieGrad’s EDCI 335 course, I...
View Article“…not a class that teaches guitar, but one where you can learn guitar.”
I’m forever indebted to Alan Levine’s description of #IntroGuitar sometime last spring, where he included Gleneagle‘s Introduction to Guitar 11 in a list of experiments in Open Courses You Won’t Find...
View ArticleOn Memorable Learning
Whether working with the TALONS, philosophers, or the #IntroGuitar community, I am fortunate to get to spend a good deal of time planning lessons and thinking of learning experiences that are not only...
View ArticleAssessment for Critical Literacy
This semester’s Socials 9 curriculum was conceived with an intention to cultivate critical literacy, which I have come to define more and more as an ability to develop a praxis of reflection and...
View ArticleOn motivating the Difficult Student
Brooke’s challenge post brought something to mind I’ve been struggling with myself in EDCI 335 this semester: “In the coursework this term, and in my work, [I] feel like content and ideas are flying...
View ArticleOn Open Learning Environments
Sweden’s Vittra School (Image from Edudemic.com) When looking to explore the panoply of 21st century incarnations of education, I am often compelled to seek out a tangible unifying force at work which...
View ArticleDigital Environments, Emergent Knowledge & Citizenship Learning
Mock trial of King Charles I EDCI 335 Challenge 10: What are the strengths/affordances of the technology or learning environment you have chosen for your learning design that will promote or facilitate...
View ArticleEDCI 335: Final Design Project
EDCI335 Final Design from Bryan Jackson on Vimeo. You can read the full PDF of the paper here. Background Drawing identified-gifted learners from the Coquitlam School District, Gleneagle Secondary...
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