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ETEC565A – Section 66C – Summer 2009

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Personal Information

Susan V. Morrison
Living in Nanaimo, BC  since 2001 with:
Family:  4 Children, 2 Grandchildren, 1 English Bulldog
Before BC:
Born in New Brunswick –> raised in Nova Scotia -> high shool and university in Montreal -> worked in Montreal, Frobisher Bay, then Peterborough, Whitby and Ottawa Ontario -> raised children in Bowmanville Ontario

Professional Information

Current Employment
Vancouver Island University
Educational Technologist: Instructional Designer / Course Developer (Distributed Learning) with VIUonline!
Online Instructor – Information Technology &  Business courses

Previous Employment
Training Innovations  – Research & Development Computer-Based Authoring System (AIM)
Computer Learning Centre  – Director of Education / Instructor

Education
  1. Master of Educational Technology (UBC Aug/09)
  2. Post-Grad Certificate in Technology-Based Distributed Learning (UBC)
  3. BA in Adult Education (UCFV)
  4. Provincial Instructors Diploma (Min. Adv. Ed. BC)
  5. Honours Diploma in Computer Programming (SSFC)
  6. Accounting (Trent U)
  7. Professional & Industry Certifications 
Goals for ETEC565
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
  1. Learn how to develop in WebCT Vista and compare its features and capabilities to those of WebCT 4/6 and Moodle – to further inform my decision making in selecting learning technologies for future specific courses/programs.
  2. Learn methods that provide individuals with opportunities to “pursue individual curiosities” (even within a “structured” course).

“Good Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques”

Synchronous Communication

1. Learn ways that live, real-time communications can help address diverse learning patterns and multiple communication styles and preferences.

“Frequent student-faculty contact in and out of class is a most important factor in student motivation and involvement.”

2.  Assist learners to make connections to their prior knowledge and related experiences, and find ways for them to share these with class participants as a means of building knowledge together.

“Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening… They must talk about what they are learning, write reflectively about it, relate it to experiences, and apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.” 

Assessment
  1. Explore ways to assess higher-order skills, in online courses.
  2. Develop methods for authentic, relevant self-assessment .

“Knowing what you know and don’t know focuses your learning.”

Multimedia
  1. Personalize and customize learning activities to address multiple learning styles and diverse ways of knowing and communicating.

“Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning. Many roads lead to learning. Different students bring different talents and styles…”

Social Software
  1. Learn selection criteria and how to use social software tools to enhance individual and collective learning experiences.
  2. Teach responsible social interactions associated with social media practices.

“Good learning, like good work, is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated. Working with others often increases involvement in learning. Sharing ones ideas and responding to others improves thinking and deepens understanding.”  

Resources Required
  1. Access to recent, relevant articles, studies, reports, etc.
  2. Opportunity to review example of learning technologies implemented in sample or authentic courses.
  3. Access to new tools and systems with the ability to interact and gain hands-on experience
  4. Opportunity to learn how to infuse learning technology enhancements into an example course (practice implementing new tools/software)
  5. TIME 
Literature Referenced

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