Sarvinoz's Blog

 

  Because of the module I studied, I have had the opportunity to create an online course for English learners. In my experience, it was essential to consider different learning theories when designing an online course. This reflection will discuss the importance of integrating different learning theories while creating an online course and the impact it can have on learners. One of the most influential learning theories that I have used in my practice is the constructivist theory. The theory posits that learners construct their knowledge by building on their prior experiences and knowledge. To make the learning process effective I incorporated this theory into my course by providing opportunities for learners to interact with the content and their peers. For example, I used the comments section as a discussion forum where learners can share their opinions, collaborate with others, and build on their knowledge. This approach helps learners to actively engage with the content and con...

  The article I am about write about is named " Digital technologies and their role in achieving our ambitions for education". It was written by Diana Laurillard. It starts with an interesting notion that says we should rethink how we use digital technologies to improve the existing education system and consider building a new model of education that will use digital technologies to achieve better educational goals. It states the fact today's world has different requirements for education and the existing systems should probably be completely transformed to suit these needs. There have been numerous changes during the twenty first century such as personalisation of education, flexibility of syllabus and assessment, different collaborations and partnerships for education. These changes, author says, are very ambitious and their realization is assigned to teachers and leaders which seems almost impossible for them to achieve. Other factors including flexibility and inclusio...

  My plans about using online tools. I have learnt about a number of online tools which can be implemented to the lesson process. However, I am sort of a traditional teacher who uses traditional methods mostly. Although I am quite sceptical about the effectiveness of using a lot of online tools in the classroom, I am going to try a few of the tools that I learnt about in this module. I think I am going to create more video quizzes for my students in the future as I used it several times and it was quite interesting and the students said they enjoyed doing such activities. Not only video quizzes but also simple online quizzes are also appealing to me. Thus, I think quizzes are going to be part of my lessons more often in the future. In one my posts I talked about the online tools that I liked the most. It was called "Blooket" and I would like to experiment using this tool in my lessons. Although I do not teach young kids, I think my students would find it enjoyable. On top of ...

 My reflections on the module I studied this semester. This module was my first choice when I was choosing my modules for this year  and I am happy that I made a good decision then. It was an amazing experience for me. First of all, the subject is very interesting and up to date as we all teachers need to keep growing at the same pace as the world is changing very fast. We, teachers, sometimes settle for what is comfortable to teach, to use and forget to look for new ways of teaching or making our lessons more interesting. Because of our interesting sessions in this module, I got a lot of motivation to work on myself more and more and learn about modern tools that can be used in the classroom. Another thing which I absolutely loved about this module was the people who I studied with. I got to know so many brilliant professionals who are still trying to learn more and more which was a huge inspiration for me. I enjoyed our friendly discussions in the sessions and also I have to...

 About 4 years ago, I came across Canvas platform when I was searching for different learning platforms. It had a free access for teachers and students and I decided to try that. I explored its various functions and little by little started creating my own course. At the time, I focused mainly on IELTS preparation so the course I created contained exercises and tips to practice for IELTS I divided the course into 2 modules such as Listening and Writing. Each module included different sets of tasks. I uploaded some videos and audios and also some documents related to the course. I used the comments sections as discussion boards and encouraged the students to leave comments after each task. After I had created the two modules I posted the link to my Facebook page and several people tried this course. I got individual feedback from each of them then which was very positive. There were different activities including different modes of study. Some activities had to be discussed with oth...