My response to Chris’s post
Hey Chris, thanks for introducing yourself and speaking a little about what you’re hoping to get out of the course. I’m curious to see how your experience with working with children may transfer over to mature learners. I agree that as we get older, we tend to get stuck in our ways, and we can start to think we know everything! I too, think that this waning desire to learn is a shame, and a real problem in our society. I’d be interested in exploring ways we can encourage adults to keep learning. One of the primary barriers I see with this endeavour is a lack of time. As such, it may be useful to theorize about learning strategies that optimize time, and make time management easy, for those who have busy lives, families, and careers.
My response to Lorenzo’s post
Reading your blog post has me curious now, since I’m also in the math program at UVic, so I’m excited to work with you in our group and see how we can share some ideas surrounding mathematical education. I also appreciated your reflection on COVID, since I also consider that a pivotal moment where the style of our education shifted dramatically. I think we can learn a lot from this event, and the curricula it produced. I definitely share some of your sentiments on technical courses, and I’m also glad that they’re starting to add more accessible materials for us. I’d like to see how we can encourage professors to add even more resources for those of us in technical fields, as it’s quite difficult to follow along sometimes, especially if the professor is not closely following a textbook.
My response to Mike’s post
Cool to see that you also touched on some ideas surrounding blended learning, Mike. I think that there’s nothing better than students learning at their own pace. Also, I like that you spoke on LinkedIn. I think that it’s a very powerful tool that can be instrumental in personal networking. I’d like to hear more about how you think students can best use this resource in order to expand their opportunities. Also, circling back to the blended learning, how do you see these educational models evolving in the next few years? With AI growing rapidly, do you think digital literacy will become even more important?