Month: March 2020

Forth reflection

Identify three concepts, ideas, or issues you think are the most important and explain why?

The three main important components are communication framework, motivation and disabilities. However in communication framework the process is to publish some essential components of publicity and accessible language (Scott & Bruno, 2018). Thus in the module some of the pivotal ideas comprise of three dimensions of inclusive design framework in public blogs. Hence it can be analyzed that there are ways to encapsulate the essential ideas on social media like Instagram and Twitter. However these public figures of emergent ideas have catered us in assisting the gauge of ideas to resonate and understand by the inclusive design community.

On the other hand in case of motivation it can be observed from the weekly reading that the system of research, market, mechanism and education are of value exchange and are structured on the basis of delivery and complexity (Al-Azawei Serenelli & Lundqvis, 2016). This however results in vicious cycle of disparity for the people who does not respond to the average or majority d also results in harmful blinds spots as we are navigated in the increasing unpredictable or majority. With the emergence of the existing structures which can be triggered is ascendant of emerging technologies, the responsibility comes of the field to design heighted role to play in the pervasive pattern.

Lastly the concept of prescriptive technology is the last concept which tends to be most important because this concept caters to encapsulate the unease with the modern techno-deterministic narratives.

Identify two concepts, issues, or ideas you are having difficulty understanding

The three areas where I am facing difficulty to understand are firstly the challenges to inclusive design in higher education because the design ends with too many impacts and lessons from the formal education. It creates a challenge for the century old traditions, assumptions and implicit conventions. There are reasons of high power hierarchy which creates an inclusive in higher learning and makes it reflexive (Thomas et al., 2015). On the other hand the second challenge which I am facing to understand is the concept of imaginaries. When the trump administration gained its office was actually dismayed by the regression in education policy and the apparent polarity in view to education. Lastly, the concept of three dimensional applied of learning was also difficult to understand. However this module had aimed to engage a number of things like advisory meetings, colloquia, consultants and many more regarding their future employment. This made me worried that the students are not prepared and will be unemployed in future (Rao, 2015). On the other hand it can also be said that we have demoted many attributes of many aspects of education that can create value in future. This study takes into account the complex adaptive system which is evolving in the society.

 Pose one question in relation to universal design that was not addressed in this module.

That one question which was not mentioned in the module is regarding the basic seven principles of the universal design.

Reference

Al-Azawei, A., Serenelli, F., & Lundqvist, K. (2016). Universal Design for Learning (UDL): a content analysis of peer reviewed journals from 2012 to 2015. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16(3), 39-56.

Rao, K. (2015). Universal design for learning and multimedia technology: Supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 24(2), 121-137.

Scott, L. A., & Bruno, L. (2018). Universal design for transition: A conceptual framework for blending academics and transition instruction. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 7(3), 1.

Thomas, C. N., Van Garderen, D., Scheuermann, A., & Lee, E. J. (2015). Applying a universal design for learning framework to mediate the language demands of mathematics. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 31(3), 207-234.

third reflection

Introduction

Technology has brought about a lot of significant changes in the human society. One of the fields which has undergone a rapid change is that of education. Education involve the flow of information and knowledge from the teachers to the students in an oral manner (Harasim, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to understand the changed face of education and how the aspect of technology has helped the students to become more effective in imbibing the knowledge shared.

Discussion

With the advent of technology in the twenty first century, many online learning courses have been introduced (Bates, 2020). The purpose of such courses is to provide more knowledge and information to the students, during the time when they do not have access to a physical teacher.

One of the platforms from where knowledge can be gained is that of Twitter. The field of social media platform has gained considerable significance in the globalized world of today. Twitter has emerged to be one of the dominating platform in social media. It provides information to its users about the occurrences in the globe. The real time feed to the individuals acts as a bonus. This has helped me significantly to be aware about the worldly occurrences and substantiate them with the knowledge which I have acquired from the formal textbooks (Crosslin & al., 2020). In this context, it needs to be noted that unless the theories are complemented with practical knowledge, the learning of the students is not complete.

This aspect of learning can be correlated with the use of videos. The audio visual aids enable the students to see in front of them the knowledge which is to be learnt (Stephenson, 2018). The use of videos is encouraged in the field of education as it helps the children to memorize the subjects in a faster and efficient manner.

Another field which has gained wide spread significance is that of open educational research (Harasim, 2017). Many individuals of the society are unable to pay for their formal education such as me. In this regard, the governments of various countries and several non-governmental organizations have come forward to ensure the flow of knowledge to every individual of the society. The open educational services has helped me and other students of the community to find the material from where we can acquire knowledge (Harasim, 2017).

This can be correlated with the aspect of humanization of online learning. The entire endeavour of the society to provide the relevant materials to the needy people of the community is an act of welfare and therefore, stems from humanity (Stephenson, 2018). It would contribute to the growth and development of the human community as a whole and as individual members of the society.

Conclusion

In conclusion, it can be observed that the field of technology has been able to revolutionize the sphere of education. Nowadays, the student community have a lot of various sources from where they can obtain knowledge. Thus, they are not confined only to books and articles.

References:

Bates, A. (2020). Chapter 7: Understanding technology in education. Retrieved 2 March 2020, from https://via.hypothes.is/https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/part/chapter-8-understanding-technology/

Crosslin, M., & al., e. (2020). Chapter 5: Effective Practices. Retrieved 2 March 2020, from https://via.hypothes.is/https://uta.pressbooks.pub/onlinelearning/chapter/chapter-5-effective-practices/

Harasim, L. (2017). Learning theory and online technologies. Routledge.

Stephenson, J. (Ed.). (2018). Teaching & learning online: new pedagogies for new technologies. Routledge.