Author Archives: Jasmeet Virk

The Last Spike!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

As the ETEC 565 journey nears its end, we get to look back and examine the journey we have undertaken. Has it taken us to new frontiers or did we get lost in a maze of technologies and pedagogies? As … Continue reading →

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Moodle Lesson

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

We had to create a lesson in the LMS Moodle for our course. It is hard to accurately describe my experience. I enjoyed creating and designing the lesson and yet stressed and worried about it. It is not a hard … Continue reading →

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Digital Story Telling

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

It is fascinating to see digital technology bring back the ancient art of storytelling back into the hands of ordinary people. The Web’s affordance to rip-mash-remix, which has unleashed widespread creativity. It was interesting to create a story using Animoto.  … Continue reading →

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Creating a Quiz in Moodle

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

Assessment is a very crucial part of the learning cycle. It shows up intermittently during the learning process in various forms to inform the learner where he is and where he needs to go and to inform the teacher how … Continue reading →

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LMS Project Proposal

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

Our assignment at the end of Module 2 was to create a proposal for the LMS project we will be doing in the course. Though our only choice was Moodle [no complaints!] we still had to justify why we were … Continue reading →

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Flight Path

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

Planning my itinerary for the 565A trip was a reflective process. I has to examine where I had already been and where I want to go and why. I have thoughtfully planned it but I have a feeling, plans might … Continue reading →

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Applying the Framework….

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

We were asked to examine Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education by Chickering and Gamson’s (1987). This is a suggested framework for post-secondary classrooms to encourage higher student participation and learning. Bates and Poole (2003) also developed The … Continue reading →

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Digital Age Teaching Professional …

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

Though simply stated as an ice breaker, this activity really made me examine very closely as to where I presently stand in the digital world and where do I want to go from here. It really helped me narrow down … Continue reading →

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The Beginning….

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Jasmeet Virk

ETEC 565A allows educators to examine many theoretical frameworks to help them evaluate, select and use a variety of learning technologies by providing hands-on experience with web-publication, course management systems, communication tools, community and collaboration tools, multimedia, and social software … Continue reading →

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