Learning Activities – Post III

1. How will your interactive learning resource specifically ensure that the needs of all learners can be met?

Speaking of interactive learning resource, I would be like to related to the inclusive learning design. As Ms. James mentioned in the post ‘Inclusive Learning Design’, it begins with the understanding of the varieties of every learner, with a well-formed introduction for those learners to be interested and participated in. First of all, the diversity is the key element in this concept, we have to design a learning environment that will be comfortable for each of the users/learners. Things like combining of diversified learning styles (it may apply to some people with disabilities, who come from another nation using different language, etc.); providing more supports before learners begin studying; teachers or teacher assistants intervening more in the middle of the study, to get rid of misunderstanding between lecturers and learners. Online learning is not a easy task for everyone, all of participants should be spent more efforts in the interactive learning resources, thus, the barriers will no longer be an issue.

Besides, I think learning could be boring sometimes. What if we create interactive learning like games? For example, I watched a movie few years ago, it is called ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’, it is an interactive film in the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. This movie is providing 5 separate endings by your choices. There are plenty of choices you have to make for important and also for some ordinary questions like, “do you want to take the pill or not’, and the story will be approaching differently since then. From my point of view, I think the game setting is pretty fresh and excited to see what is going on with my choices, and this could also apply to the learning environment. Making choices would bring learners more engages into the learning, and it will not have same function for everyone, which diversity is performed everywhere.

2. How can you adjust your planned learning activities to meet the needs of your learners if an unexpected event occurs? (for example, a pandemic arises and many of your employees must now work from home – how will you ensure that they can still do their jobs? What training will they need, and how will you deliver it, knowing they must remain at home?) This is a common discussion thread right now as schools and universities “pivot” to teaching online.

Unexpected event is occurring all the time, just like the pandemic these days, virus is impacting on lots of people like people who are working and losing their jobs because of the virus, students are not allowed to study at schools for a long time. Thus, it is important to overcome those issues in an effective and efficient way. I came up with four strategies could be serve with online learning and working:

1. Be more flexible and responsive to the working and learning atmosphere.

• Given workers/learners more independent learning opportunities.
• Given workers/learners more confidence.

2. Be more engaged in with teammates/coworkers/group members/classmate.

• Ask questions if any problems occurred
• Leaders/lectures guide more when employees and learners in the middle of a task.

3. Be more prepared.

• Create relevance in learning/working.

4. Create more digital meetings or courses to adjust those unexpected events.

Reference:

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved June 4, 2020, from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror:_Bandersnatch

James, H. (2020, June 1). Inclusive Learning Design [Web log post]. Edtechuvic. Retrieved from

https://edtechuvic.ca/hjames/designing-for-inclusion

Comments on Peer’s posts:

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Hello, Seoul. I just saw you commented on my post, and I think I should come by and have a look at your post. You and I both choose to answer the second questions, and I like the way how you divided your answers into several paragraphs, which is pretty easy for reader to read and understand. Besides read from your post, I learned a lot about the dysgraphia and dyslexia that I never noticed those two disabilities before, thanks a lot. Personally speaking, I think inclusive learning should and have to pay more efforts and attention to learners who have disorders, because they would have more issues to deal than us; thus, I can’t agree anymore by reading you post.

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Hi, Alistair. I like to read your post, the format of your post is well-designed and clarified. Some of principles you listed in your post were also mentioned in my post as well, and I very much agree with what you what to express. The universal design (curb cuts, simple signs, entrance ramps, level door handles, and automatic doors) you introduced in your post are some of what I thing the most useful and creative design in our daily life, that is such a relief for people who lives with disabilities. Thanks for sharing your idea :).