Category: PhD in Educational Technology
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A Review of Three Academic JournalsThis is a brief review of three academic journals that are applicable to my area of study. In choosing which journals to review, I turned to publications that I have found impactful throughout my SSHRC and literature review process. Prior to this process, I paid little attention to scholarly journals beyond their credibility. Quickly, it…
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Assessing Writing of Undergraduate Students in a GenAI WorldThe emergence of GenAI is revealing a fundamental flaw to the assessment of writing as large language models (LLMs) are capable of instantly generating text that is indistinguishable from a human (Nikoli et al., 2024). Human-centred design recommends that one should “start by trying to understand what the real issues are” (Norman, 2013, p. 218),…
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Human-Centred Design, Generative Artificial Intelligence, and Education
Human-Centred Design in Education Human-centred design (HCD) is a philosophy and practice of design that utilizes a holistic viewpoint, placing humans at the core of every consideration (Norman, 2013, 2016). It recognizes a complex, interconnected system and seeks to benefit the system as a whole, acknowledging that optimization of the local does not always benefit…
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Five Levels of Technology Integrated Education
My remix of Sylvia Duckworth’s (2019) infographic of SAMR ISAMR is the combination of the SAMR and ISAR models The SAMR model, developed by Puentedura (2016), is a guide for the effective integration of technology into teaching and learning. It offers four levels of technology integrated learning including substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition. The ISAR…
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emergent process-based strategies for writing assessment in the age of large language models
Research, the process of collecting and analyzing information to increase our understanding, is a daunting and wide-ranging undertaking. The topic, purpose, problem, question framework provides a structured way to organize ideas and think more deeply about the what of research. Yet, when there are so many curiosities, interests, and problems in this world, how does…
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emergent process-based strategies for writing assessment in the age of large language models
I am in the first year of a four-year PhD program in Educational Studies at the University of Victoria (UVic). My dissertation will further my Master’s in Educational Technology research by exploring Emergent Process-Based Strategies for Writing Assessment in the Age of Large Language Models (LLMs). I bring expertise in process-based educational approaches, which emphasizes…
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Connecting the Dots That Brought Me Here
My name is Adrian Granchelli. I was born in Italy, before moving to North Vancouver, Canada where I grew up in a traditional Italian household with extended family. I am a settler to all the lands I have called home, from the greater Vancouver area to the Kootenays and currently live on Vancouver Island in…
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what the effect of generative artificial intelligence may have on user experience
Human emotions, through sensory engagement and the perception of a technology, strongly influences the use of that technology (Berni & Borgianni, 2021). This focus on the human experience is at the core to User Experience (UX) and manifest when developing the tangible aspects of design such as utility, usability, function, and interface (Berni & Borgianni,…
