Integrating Technology into Curriculum

  What do you see as the most critical instructor take-on to ensure successful technology adoption?           Implementing technology into the curriculum as an instructor may present itself to be complex by virtue of numerous factors. To ensure meaningful learning, instructors seemingly adopt and adapt to instructor take-ons or responsibilities to gauge varying technology use levels of learners and effectively integrate technology into the course. Doing so further allows for an increase of support and enables educational attainments as technological advancements are inevitable. Coincidingly, transactional distance (TD) is the "gap between the understanding of a teacher (or teaching team) and that of a learner, and distance education is the methodology of structuring courses and managing dialogue between teacher and learner to bridge that gap through communications technology" (Moore, 2018, pp. 34). Thus, the dimensions of TD include structure...

What do you see as the most crucial learner take-on to ensure successful technology adoption?         Accepting the use of technology is a difficult venture for many individuals, however, learner take-ons or learner responsibilities provide techniques on how to adopt technology systems to ease the adjustment process. Correspondingly, regarding the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), one's perception of usefulness and ease of use of technology will be further influenced by the degree of accepting a multitude of systems and forms. Therefore, I think the most crucial learner take-ons that ensure successful technology adoption are trialability and compatibility.        In terms of trialability, this learner responsibility encompasses the experimentation with technology before deciding to continue to learn through the avenue or renouncing the technological advances (Laurell et al., 2019). As a result of experimenting, the learner is able to dabble ...

Is blogging the same as a discussion board activity for an SDLer?      Self-directed learners develop goals and standards for themselves (Grow, 1991, pp. 10) in a particular manner that allows required content/material to become more effectively understood. Therefore when presented with the question, "are blogging and discussion boards the same?" both platforms hold many similarities including the allowance for self-expression and reflection on varying topics. The difference, however, I think is the nature of the platform and intended use, as discussion boards serve as an exchange of thoughts with other individuals, formally for teacher-guided educational purposes. Blogs, thus, allow for optional comments and content from one individual or team member for personal or other reasons with less guidance/more relaxation on topics of their choice. Navigating from discussion boards to a blog may be difficult for many individuals, including myself in response to incorporating per...