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Hi Danae! I thought you did an excellent job at highlighting how students could interact with both this learning material (video) and their peers using a relatively straightforward activity. I especially liked that you pointed out that enabling students to share their experiences with anxiety may foster more understanding for one another. Additionally, I appreciate your idea of the instructor compiling the most common themes to share with the class. Thank you for your thoughts!

Hi Taiya,

I enjoyed reading about how we could adapt our learning resource to better align with the principles of UDL. I thought your idea of beginning the course with heavy student support and tutorial that could gradually be lessen as students gain skills and understanding was a great way to both account for the different comfort levels our students may have with online learning, while fostering self efficacy. I also appreciated that you would like to provide students options as to how they will express their learning. Finally, I really liked that you highlighted the importance of incorporating culturally responsive materials which represent and pertain to students from all backgrounds. Thank you for this insightful post!

Hi Amira,

Thank you for your post! You did a great job of indicating how a pandemic or unforeseen event may pose barriers to students in our interactive learning resource. I especially appreciated that you highlighted that moving to an isolated learning environment may raise students anxiety. This is important to note since our learning resource is designed to help provide students with the knowledge to help identify and manage anxiety!

It was great that you brought up how providing different formats of content can help students with a multitude of different learning styles best adopt the material. I also thought your suggestion of a technology training session would be immensely beneficial as given the age of our learners, many students may not have prior experience with online classes and the nuances of the formats they use such as Microsoft Teams.

Hi Taiya,

I really appreciated the time you took to break down the open-pedagogy learning approach into all its essential components. I thought you did a great job at explaining the nuances of the open pedagogy framework. I enjoyed reading about how this learning approach can align with our interactive learning resource topic. I think it’s really interesting how students can participate in such a broad range of learning activities using open pedagogy. It was great to see that using this approach can allow for students to directly reflect on their own experiences, but also encourages them to do their own research and exploration to share with their peers and the community. It seems really supportive of students making their own connections and expressing their learning creatively. Great work!

Hi Sophie!

I thought you had a really comprehensive explanation of cooperative learning in your blog post. I really appreciated how you highlighted that cooperative learning can be effectively used for the topic of our interactive learning resource, as students will be able to work with one another and likely all be able to contribute first-hand experience to class or small group discussions.

I thought you made a really good point about how there is potential for students to be hesitant to engage in group learning situations with a sensitive topic like anxiety, but you pointed out the importance of a positive classroom climate to help mitigate this potential discomfort. Thank you for your insights!

Hi Danae!

Thank you for sharing this story. I thought the connection you made between your experience and constructivism was quite insightful. Parents often do play a large role in supporting us as we gain independence and you are very right that this experience is reflective in many ways of an apprenticeship. I don’t think I would’ve made that connection myself so I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on the matter. I also enjoyed reading about your experience with the behaviorist learning design and how the financial behaviors you changed were reinforcing through the positive impacts they were having on your situation.