Category: Blog posts

1. Initial Recording First of all, since I’m usually behind the scenes as an instructional designer, speaking in front of the camera felt pretty awkward and challenging. To make this process more fun and meaningful, I decided to use a growth mindset lesson from my second grader’s class. I also wanted to make the content…

Cultures of Learning Learning Outcome Identify and explain cultural differences in learning, focusing on the distinct processes, expectations, roles of both students and teacher across various cultures. Learning Activity In this activity, you will watch the video illustrating the cultural differences in learning. It was originally created to help teachers and students address challenges related…

What is Genially? Genially is a web-based platform for creating interactive content, founded in Spain in 2015. By 2025, it has grown to over 30 million users across more than 190 countries. Known for its user-friendly and intuitive design, Genially enables users to easily create engaging, interactive content. This has contributed to its rapid growth…

This blog post aims to provide the context for the assignment design outlined in Assignment 2. The student assignment page can be found here. This assignment is designed to support asynchronous online learning for undergraduate students in the social studies course. Students will engage in various activities, such as reading articles, watching videos, and responding…

This blog post serves as the student assignment page for Assignment 2. The context for this assignment design can be found here. Assignment 2: Asynchronous Presentation on Consequentialism  Introduction  This assignment aims to demonstrate your understanding of the four types of consequentialism and their application to real-world examples through your presentation. You will create presentation…

This blog was created to demonstrate the effective use of multimedia in online learning as part of Assignment 1. It covers a portion of the course content on the Life and Message of the Apostle Paul. Please note that alt text is provided for all images included in this post. Module 2: Paul’s Missionary Journeys…

Topic 1: Leadership Values Learning Outcome Learning Activity: Create Your Leadership Values Vision Board Overview In this unit, you have explored various leadership values and their role in fostering effective and ethical leadership. In this learning activity, you will create a vision board that reflects your personal leadership values. This exercise provides an opportunity to…

Topic 1: Personal Learning Environment A Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a system that enables individuals to take control of and manage their own learning. It integrates various tools, resources, and strategies to support lifelong learning in a personalized and flexible manner. It includes several key components as follows. Figure 1. Key Components of a…

The key message that I intended to deliver in this image was a positive teacher- student relationship, while the original image focused more on capturing the overall classroom environment. I chose to remove extraneous background elements to emphasize teacher-student interaction, ensuring coherence principle that Mayer (2014) argued. For this task, I used Photoshop, but it…