This is a follow-up post to “Implementing a Learner’s Mindset.” Embedded below is a free resource that I created discussing the value of assessment as learning, and how I intend to introduce the strategy to my learners who are operations managers at a unionized distribution centre. The resources below combined with my blog post about implementing a strategy of feedforward […]
Implementing the Learner’s Mindset -Encouraging a Feedforward Strategy
Have you ever given feedback to someone, only to have them push back—hard? I have. In fact, not only was my well-intended feedback rejected, but the learner escalated the situation to their supervisor. The result? During my weekly one-on-one meeting with my leader, I received feedback of my own: It wasn’t my place to provide feedback to someone who wasn’t […]
Coffee Talk: Applying Backward Design & Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Online Courses
PIDP 3360 Challenges & Trends in Online Learning Research Assignment Five years ago, my organization abruptly transitioned from face-to-face classes to synchronous online course in response to COVID-19. We began with Cisco’s Webex, a platform rich with features like whiteboards, polls, quizzes, and breakout rooms designed to enhance online learning. However, facilitators often overused these tools, opting for quantity over […]
Online Course Quality Review
World of Wines – from Grape to Glass; Assignment # 5 from EDUC 4250 at Vancouver Community College in the Provincial Instructors Diploma Program (PIDP) Foundations of Online Learning course. Assignment #5 in my Foundations of Online Learning course tasked the learner to search the internet for a five to ten week Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) and audit the […]
Learning Theories – Foundations of Online Learning
An adult female taking notes from a website that she is using to research a paper.