Hi everyone, my name is Athena. I am in my fourth and final year of my undergraduate degree studying Psychology. After I graduate I plan to apply to post degree professional programs to become an elementary school teacher.
I am interested in learning design as i do one day want to be a teacher, however, learning design is also a tool I can hopefully learn to better use in my current job. I am fairly new to learning design and don’t really have much experience with it. I have experience with lesson/ activity planning from previous Uvic courses however, the concept of learning design is new and I am excited to learn more about it and how to effectively use it when creating lessons.
Learning design can be very challenging as there are so many ways to go about it. When I think about learning design and how I want to best present it I value accessibility, collaboration, and engagement. Ensuring a learning design is accessible to various people is so important, as everyone should be able to participate and gain valuable knowledge form a lesson. Collaboration between peers is important because when people take all of their individual knowledge and apply it in group settings, it can be of great value and create something magnificent, that might not have been obtained without the collective groups knowledge. Lastly engagement between an educator and their learners is also important. I found it most motivating as a student when my teacher is also interested and engaged in the lesson (through facilitating discussions, asking questions etc.).