Category: Master of Educational Technology
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exploring learning: a mind map of my learner-centred approachAdrian’s Choice · Education Practice & Theory · Master of Educational Technology · Personal Project · User ExperienceThis mind map is a representation of my personal learning theory. My learning theory is strongly rooted in a learner-centred philosophy. I am influenced by constructivism and experiential theories, which provide constructs to the underlying neuroanatomy. Overall, learning is a very complex phenomenon and this flow chart only begins to outline everything that learning is.…
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a tool to disrupt the design of educational experiencesThe design of educational experiences are complex and not a ‘selection’ process. There is the opportunity for creativity from a transitional space, from a cookbook that could facilitate ‘surprising’ thinking. Instead of a linear ‘recipe’ often found in a cookbook, I have developed a card set that is open-ended, non-linear, and somewhat vague, allowing space…
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a tool to disrupt the design of educational experiences
Experience Wildcards are a tool that inspires divergent thinking when designing educational experience – to approach person-centred design from new angles. Tools, such as Experience Wildcards, are valuable as they challenge designers ideas and disrupt their practices offering new avenues for inquiry. The project started from an crude idea and resulted in the development of…
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exploring the design of four distinct learning tools/systems
Introduction The term technology, finding the boundaries of technology, and the extent to which it can be leveraged for education has been often in my mind in this program, in this Masters of Educational Technology. I feel that many stones have been left unturned. The goal of this IP is to analyze learning artifacts that…
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exploring the barriers to participation and how to overcome them
This podcast is a dive into what holds people back from an experience that they themselves want to do. It explores moments of when it happens, then with a lens of neuroscience, and ultimately extends these ideas into how educators can help people overcome their hesitations. Listen: Problem The challenge was to better understand how…
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placing a pencil between the theories of actor-network theory and media ecology
As a student in ETEC 565B: METatheory of the Master of Educational Technology program at the University of British Columbia, I developed a five-slide presentation with speaker notes addressing the following topics: applying McLuhan’s tetrad to the pencil, representing the main ideas of actor-network theory, exploring how the pencil impacts us and what it ‘prescribes’…
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a location-based mobile adventure game prototype
BEE-ING AROUND is a single-player, location-based adventure game prototype for mobile. The player is a honey bee, who must visit flowers in order to collect their nectar and earn points all whiling avoiding hazards such as bears, cars, and forest fires. Control of the in-game player is done by physically walking around as the GPS…
