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7 Post 2: Take Aways from "Tweet me, message me, like me..." Article

The "Tweet me, message me, like me..." article looks at how social media can help teachers improve their skills or switch up the way they teach. The article mentions social medias like Facebook and Twitter allow teachers to stay connected and get feedback outside of school, which helps them keep learning and growing. Facilitators, or guides, play a key role by supporting teachers, encouraging a sense of community, and helping them stick with new teaching methods through regular online interactions. Using social media for professional development should be optional, as not everyone is comfortable with it. However, I think it is still important to have people use social media to learn the basic functions as it is being utilized more in society. There are other ways to stay in touch, like emails primarily or even phone calls. Since everyone is not comfortable using all types of social media, building trust online will be important. In the article, it was concluded that facilita

7 Post 1: Instructional Design in Social Media Considerations.

As instructional designers, it is certainly important that we incorporate appropriate models and design principles when it comes to learning. The design process could look different, but the overall goal should always aim to achieve the established learning objectives. When incorporating social media into learning, I agree that it is essential to consider the value and strategy to support learning. While reading the "Instructional Design and Development for Social Media Lessons" article, learning about the SCOPE acronym served as a helpful guideline in determining whether social media should be used. Before learning about the SCOPE-guided questions, I assumed that the only thing we needed to think about was whether the media lesson supported the learning objectives. Other aspects like the conditions, ethics, and values were not things I assumed would have been important. The most surprising part. of the questions to consider was, as it was something I would not have thought

Week 6 Post 3: To Future Me

Out of the tools listed this week, I was very surprised to learn about a tool where you can write a letter to your future self. With this 6th week, I have had several challenges and have felt like I needed a lot of encouragement. So it was nice to explore this tool, and even seeing that I could send money to my future self was such a cool feature. I ended up writing myself an encouraging letter that talked about what I have done, my goals, my hopes, and my aspirations. I wished my future self well and told her that no matter what she has going on in the future, she will succeed. Writing that letter made me emotional and reminded me that I must be my biggest fan. With everything going on in life, there are times when things feel tough, and we can feel a lack of motivation. When I lack motivation, I think it is helpful to take a step back to reflect on the past challenges and how they have passed. Times like these are temporary, and without challenges, we stay stagnant. In my letter, I

Week 6 post 2: Technology & Pedagogy

The Salomon article was an interesting read and basically discusses the importance of balancing technology and education. Indeed, there has been an influx of online learning strategies and techniques being utilized, but there is also concern about maintaining the primary focus of education. Education aims to provide knowledge, allow collaboration, and continue to grow our fundamental knowledge of particular topics. Because of the many technologies that have been developed, some have lost sight of the importance of pedagogical approaches to learning. Salomon mentions failed approaches such as the one in Los Angeles, where a $1.3 billion iPad initiative resulted in poor usage and did not support education as was hoped. The article argues that this occurred because of the lack of proper implementation or pedagogical techniques to ensure proper use and practice. While technology is expected to change education, unlike other subject areas, education is not responding well to those advance

Week 6 Post 1: Using Online Platforms in Higher Education

As time goes by through this course and my overall experience in the ISLT program, it has become apparent how important digital competency is for online learning. The Dennen et. al article on "College Student, Networked Knowledge Activities and Digital Competence: Implication for Online Instructors" continues to highlight the usefulness of the online approaches used for student learning. While it is often assumed that students are digitally capable of utilizing the online world to their benefit, learning would require a more structured approach. Social media use has become a great part of the lives of many, especially those who are part of this "digital native" group. According to the research done within the article, despite the assumption that students are somewhat digitally competent, students do not have all the necessary skills or strong enough skills for online learning (Dennen et al., 2023). This is a challenge that online instructors would have to overcome

Week 5 Post 3: Reflection Helpful Guide

This week I spent quite some time reading articles and trying to get a better understanding when it comes to intellectual property or proper use of sources. As someone who plans to be creative, this was something valuable for me to gain insight into as I prepare for a future career in the field of academia. As much as giving credit to sources is emphasized in school, I don't believe that we have all been properly educated on using content ethically. While doing some research on the internet, I found a very helpful resource that discusses what proper use of information looks like, and I wanted to share that. It explains intellectual property, things about copyright, and plagiarism. I saved it since I found it to be informative and simple in explanation of all the related concepts. Link to : https://library.dsu.edu/c.php?g=22495&p=133177 I tried to look for infographics that were simpler but were not pleased with my options. I think this gives me an opportunity to create my ow