Course Manual
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Weekly Schedule
Following is an outline of weekly expectations. Weeks begin on Mondays and conclude at midnight (Pacific Time) on Sundays. Please don’t hesitate to email your instructor if you have any questions. Next Section: Assignments
Assignments
Within 523‘s networked, participatory scholarship model the following four assignments are designed to provide challenging yet relevant, fair, and valuable demonstrations of your contributions to the course. Remember that all contributions must observe copyright laws and will be assumed to be published within a creative commons attribution sharealike license unless explicitly identified otherwise. The first three […]
Participation Guidelines
The following sections introduce the design philosophy of 523 along with guidelines for your successful participation. Discussion Guidelines Content Curation Guidelines Content Curation is confined to single zone of 523 – the “Knowledge Mill” – all of the links there take you to curated content. Everywhere else, the course works in Discussion mode. You can think of Curated Content […]
Virtual Life Saver
Originally Posted by Stéphanie M. on 11 Sep 2019 Using virtual reality in medical education can provide alternative learning environments for busy professionals. Removing barriers to mandatory CPR and AED training and recertification for students and working professionals would help keep compliance levels high and help save lives. Virtual CPR v.1.7 by Virtualware is a mobile […]
Naloxone Training App
Originally Posted by norah smith on 14 Sep 2019 According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, between 2016 and 2018 the opioid crisis was responsible for the deaths of over 11 500 Canadians. Ontario and British Columbia see the highest number of deaths, but consistently across Canada, the majority of these deaths were accidental. In […]
Mobile Technology in Correctional Service Canada
Originally Posted by ttrembl on 23 Nov 2019 Hello, Here is a link to my forecasting project that examines the current and forecast technological state for Parole Officers with CSC. As you will read, a lot is needed to make Parole Officers jobs more efficient and technologies exist to aid in those efforts. https://trumantremblay4.wixsite.com/website-2 Enjoy! […]
W04: How Do Mobile Technologies Influence Instructional Design Choices?
“… the concept of mobile education or mobile learning is still emerging and still unclear. How it is eventually conceptualized will determine perceptions and expectations, and will determine its evolution and future. There are different stakeholders and factors at work in this process of conceptualising mobile education and the outcome is uncertain.” –Traxler, J. (2009) […]
W04: How Do Emerging Mobile Technologies Change Learning Contexts?
Today’s world can be said to be a more connected than ever before. With communication technologies constantly evolving people have more opportunities to reach out to each other in different ways. The educational practice of today is not immune to this change and is afforded new options for curriculum delivery. Topic #1: Given the […]
W03: Fixing The Mobile Culture Gap In Education
Given that mobile culture is evolving more rapidly every day and that young people are leading this evolution (don’t hesitate to argue with this statement if you disagree), there is a growing cultural gap between ‘learner’ and ‘teacher’ demographics that will inevitably become even more challenging to effective education. What symptoms of this cultural syndrome […]