{"id":143,"date":"2014-11-16T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T23:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/?p=143"},"modified":"2016-07-23T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T17:46:52","slug":"classroom-ecology-game-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/classroom-ecology-game-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom Ecology &#038; Game-Based Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_144\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Ecology of Educational Technology and Game-Based Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/learnfunjoy.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-image-144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/files\/2014\/11\/case-study-assignment.jpg\" alt=\"Click image to visit site.\" width=\"550\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/files\/2014\/11\/case-study-assignment.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/files\/2014\/11\/case-study-assignment-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parm27\/files\/2014\/11\/case-study-assignment-400x289.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From: http:\/\/learnfunjoy.weebly.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My group and I have just finished of our group assignment for the <strong>ETEC511: Foundations of Educational Technology<\/strong> course. I&#8217;ve never worked on a group assignment completely online before, not to mention, with group members situated in different places around the world. It actually turned out to be easier than I anticipated. After we figured out the best time for meeting, we used Google Hangouts for regular meeting sessions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If I could give advice to students who will be taking this course in the future, I would tell them to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pick your topic early;<\/li>\n<li>set-up regular meetings (or hangouts) in advance;<\/li>\n<li>explore the example projects provided in the course content;<\/li>\n<li>and, finally give yourself enough time to edit and fine tune your assignment before you submit it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our groups topic covered <span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #666666; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"color: #666666; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"color: #666666; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"color: #666666; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"color: #666666; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;\"><strong style=\"color: #515151;\">Module 7: The Ecology &amp; Nature of Educational Technology <\/strong>and we targeted students between grade 6-8 for the case study and assignment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. For our topic we selected\u00a0 game-based learning in the classroom. You are welcome to check out our <a title=\"Ecology of Educational Technology and Game-Based Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/learnfunjoy.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ecology of Educational Technology and Game-Based Learning <\/a>site to take a look at our case study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My group and I have just finished of our group assignment for the ETEC511: Foundations of Educational Technology course. I&#8217;ve never worked on a group assignment completely online before, not to mention, with group members situated in different places around the world. It actually turned out to be easier than I anticipated. 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