{"id":7345,"date":"2021-09-30T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=7345"},"modified":"2021-10-06T13:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T20:00:01","slug":"indigenous-education-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2021\/09\/30\/indigenous-education-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobilizing Indigenous Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In honour of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation<\/a>, it seems fitting that one explores how mobile technology is responding to the Calls to Action<\/a> that were laid out in 2015. When exploring I came across a few apps. The first is the Reconciliation: A Starting Point<\/a> which is an app created by the Government of Canada that acts as an information source with videos and content exploring indigenous language, culture, experiences, and opportunities through the voices of indigenous peoples. Additionally, I looked at an app called Couresa out of the University of Alberta which has received great reviews online as a free way to become more informed about the history of indigenous people in this country. Whose Land<\/a>, is an app that uses GPS to identify where a person is in relation to indigenous territories and nations. Finally, the last app I looked at was First Voices (FV) Keyboards<\/a>, which was created by the First Peoples Cultural Council. The FV Keyboards allow the user to choose the indigenous language they wish to use and then install the appropriate keyboard to their device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile education initiatives provide Canadians with efficient and accessible space to learn about indigenous communities’ traditions, cultures, and experiences. Through hearing indigenous languages, listening to their stories and, inviting learners to engage with new ways of knowing, app designers are beginning to push the boundaries of educational theories. The indigenous education apps shared use aspects of constructivism in asking learners to be active participants in hearing and engaging with indigenous perspectives, ways of knowing, oral stories and language. The cognitivist theory is layered in these apps as well, offering contextualized learning driven by an individual’s GPS coordinates and the coinciding information attached to it. The most apparent educational theory found in these mobile learning tools is connectivism. Web 2.0 tools allow for informal learning that is free, easily accessible and in the palm of one’s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, when app development aligns with social justice issues that are as important as truth and reconciliation, there is a societal push (encouraged by social media) to become better informed and to take ownership of ones own learning. I argue that when pedagogy meets mobile education and aligns with social justice issues, there is a profound opportunity to mobilize an individuals’ intrinsic motivation to be better informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boutlis, Emily. (July, 2021). 5 Apps for Learning About Indigenous Life and History. CBC Life<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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