The following blog post responds to Hannah Kim’s post regarding Pedagogy and Instructional Design in Digital Spaces.
Hello Hannah! I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog post – it provided a great understanding about Pedagogy and Instructional Design in Digital Spaces. It’s nice to hear that you learn much more from hands-on-learning such as labs and group discussions. When you said, “…teaching isn’t just about delivering information but creating an environment where students are actively engaged” you pointed out an important aspect of education that often gets left out. I feel that creating an environment where students are actively engaged makes the learning experience much more meaningful and memorable for everyone. Having such an atmosphere will make coming to school or college much more exciting for majority of the people.
Hannah reflects that constructivism is a learning theory that resonates with her the most. Like Hannah mentions in her blog post, constructivism can be applied in online learning through activities like discussion forms. On top of discussion forms, online lectures often also include other activities like breakout sessions, research projects, and webinars, which allow constructivism to be enhanced by promoting collaboration/active engagement among all students.
All the best,
Sai