Pascaline Natchedy
A3-Brain/Cloud Interface
Hello, For our A3 project, Melissa and I investigated the Brain/Cloud Interface(B/CI) and its applications. We forecast that within the next two or three decades, scientists will find a way to merge the human mind and the cloud through neuralnanorobots. In our OER, we discuss its possible applications while also explore the risks and concerns […]
Podcasting in Education: What Are the Benefits?
The main advantages of using podcasts were discussed in this blog. The writer did a good job explaining the main benefits and he echoed what this week’s OER team put forward. However, one of the benefits caught my attention. The author claimed that students listened for longer than they would watch or read. I agree […]
Empowering Learning – Anywhere, Anytime – with 5G
I found the narrative from this week’s OER quite powerful and an interesting way to present facts and information. This narrative made me wonder how 5G could affect the everyday life of a student in a developing country. What benefits would 5G bring to a student from a modest socioeconomic background? I was lucky to […]
DIY Mindset Reshaping Education
I found this article quite pertinent to this week’s topic as it discusses the rise of DIY learning in several countries (especially developing and emerging ones) and the reasons behind its gain in popularity. It was interesting to read about the survey that was conducted in 11 different countries. The reasons that were put forward […]
Discussing The Need For Mobile Serious Games In Africa
Since this week’s theme is mobile games, I decided to do some mining for articles about educational mobile games. Through my research, I found a couple of relevant articles but I picked the one mentioned above as it is close to home. I read the article and agreed with most of it. While I understand […]
A1-Mobile Storytelling
Mobile Storytelling Most educators are familiar or heard about Digital Storytelling. For this assignment I decided to focus on a subset of Digital Storytelling which is Mobile Storytelling. If you want to learn more about this specific topic, join me by clicking on the link provided below.
Dealing With Digital Distraction in the Classroom
Since the start of the 2018-2019 academic year in France, mobile phones are completely banned in schools from kindergarten to 9th grade. France has set a precedent and I wouldn’t be surprised to see more countries adopting this policy in the near future. Many things can be said about the presence of smartphones in the […]
A3: Using mobile devices in exams
Originally posted by Kristie dewald on March 24, 2019 In my future cast, I am proposing an app that would lock down mobile device functions to limit them to an app or apps as permitted by the instructor. Although such functionality exists, for example, with parental controls (ie. Guided Access on iphones), I’m proposing an […]
Scenematiq: A3: Graded Scenario-based English Language Learning
Originally posted by Lilian Lim on March 25, 2019 Mastering a new language in a classroom but without having extensive immersion in its culture has always been a challenge for the average language learner. It would be difficult to use the language idiomatically because of the complex interaction between lexis, semantics, grammar, pronunciation, and context. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed education forever. This is how
This article written by Cathy Link and Farrah Lalani was posted on the World Economic Forum. This article depicts how COVID-19 has transformed and altered the way we educate our students. The authors illustrate how the education sector responded to this unprecedented crisis. Specific examples of how different government and schools coped with the situation […]