Carly! I really enjoyed reading your blog post this week! I especially enjoyed reading your connections to the topic’s readings regarding the First Peoples Principles of Learning. It is so important to relate our teaching and our learning to these principles in order to give all students an understanding of these principles and a deeper learning experience.

I also agree with your comment regarding Bates’ idea that online learning is not intended  “to replace the teacher, but to use… technology primarily to increase and improve communication between teacher and learners”. Online learning could definitely be a way to build stronger relationships within the classroom whether it be between the students and the instructor or the classmates themselves. Students can learn how to collaborate on different mediums other than face to face as well as develop new digital literacy and citizenship skills.

I am also interested how we can support students who are in situations where they don’t have access to online learning materials. I am also wondering how can we further connect online and open learning to the First Peoples Principles of Learning.

Carly’s Topic 2 Blog Post

References:

Bates, T.(2014). Learning Theories and Online Learning. [Blog post]. Retrieved from
https://www.tonybates.ca/2014/07/29/learning-theories-and-online-learning/.