Being of settler descent, I’d like to acknowledge the relationship with the land I live in, and work is everywhere traditional and ancestral. Many generations of Cree, Saulteaux, Nakado Sioux, and Métis footsteps have flattened the grasslands and aspen parkland within Treaty 6. My footsteps have felt these same lands beneath our steps like my fore-bearers. Yet today, my steps move deliberately towards reconciliation, learning about our shared history, listening to Indigenous truths, and pursuing a more inclusive, collaborative and respectful path towards a better future for all.
I’m trying to work WordPress with the phone to understand better the experience of a few of my adult LINC students. They attend the class (virtual conferencing and the learning management system) via their phones. My goal for this class is to improve my competency in creating a responsive learning environment. Humility will be my friend.
[LINC = language instructions for newcomers to Canada].
Hi Elizabeth, it’s so great that you’re taking some time to put yourself in your students’ shoes. I am actually quite nervous about following a course on my phone, but I think it will give us some great insight on what is useful or difficult to work with.
Perhaps a little foolish too: it took 2 days to eke out my post.
How powerful Elizabeth to try out what your students have to learn as well. What LMS are you using? Great work.
I work in Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) shifted from in person to virtual when the Saskatchewan government closed the institute. We are still virtual. The students of that class only owned phones: it was chaotic and the Moodle LMS that we were using on computers in the computer was dropped as the students couldn’t manage it nor could they cope with Zoom. We spent 3 months using Kahoots! & WhatsApp. That experience has stayed with me. Even though the LMS has been upgraded to function with mobiles, I need more knowledge about mobile use in learning.
Are you working with a LMS?