For this post, I chose a YouTube video titled “The Bystander Effect” as a part of a lesson on bystander intervention. My interactive learning design focuses on helping learners recognize and respond to bystander situations, and this video would be used to spark thinking and discussion, rather than being a primary learning activity. What kind…
Where do you see the idea of the “average learner” shaping educational design? Although we are trying to stray away from the idea of the “average learner”, it still somewhat shapes educational design. The “average learner” is the person that many curricula are designed for. When we use this idea during educational design, we believe…
Design thinking is a human-centered, solution-focused, iterative approach to solving problems. It involves understanding people’s needs and motivations, reframing a problem and being hands on when coming up with new ways to deal with problems (Dam, 2025; Interaction Design Foundation, n.d.). Design thinking promotes new ideas, brings forward creative solutions, and helps when handling unknown…
My current instructional style is best described as constructivist, but I also include cognitivist, behaviourist and connecitivist theories when needed. I see that one theory has a bigger influence on the way I instruct, but understand how these four theories work together and support each other to help people learn and comprehend different tasks and…
Hi! I’m Avery. I’m originally from Fernie BC, but moved to Victoria a few years ago for university. I’m a third-year student pursuing a BSc in Psychology and a minor in Education. Right now, I’m working as a research assistant in the BRAIN Lab, exploring resiliency in informal caregivers of people living with dementia. I…
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