Blogs

  • Learning, motivation and theory

    After reviewing Chapter 11 of Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology, I faced some difficulties in grasping the concept of Constructivism in learning. According to the textbook, constructivism is described as a method of learning that “creates meaning from experience”, I found this explanation to be confusing since behaviorism can also be described in…

  • Reflection: Resources on work-from-home well-being and Ergonomics

    As someone who has been working from home for around 3 years now, I wanted to take a look at the resources provided by UVic and reflect on my own Ergonomics. I do own an anti-bluelight set-up, standing desk and auto dimming monitor light, so I’m quite excited to see what I can learn and…

  • Reflection: Talk on Waniskâw Foundation by Nodin Cutfeet

    The Concept This week’s content is focused on an Indigeous platform that empowers creativity and self-expression through digital art and coding. Nodin highlighted within this talk that the system that they created focuses on compiling contributions across different learners. A “Peer-to-peer” knowledge transfer system. This point resonated quite well with me, majority of the technology…