Learning – Page 2 – Facilitation Innovation

All Together Now!

EDLD 5313 Contribution to Learning Assessing my own learning is always a bit of a challenge as I think about my personal learning efforts and contributions to my learning community because there is always room for growth. However, I believe that I put significant effort into this course and deepened my learning in many ways.…
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Creating Significant Learning Environments: Tying it all Together

EDLD 5313 Final Compilation What does a significant learning environment look like? How do I create a significant learning environment? These felt like overwhelming questions at the start of this course. I was introduced to the concept of significant learning environments in my very first course in the ADL program, but even after reading the…
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CSLE & Growth Mindset Reflection

Striving to create significant learning environments means that every aspect of the environment must be considered. While growth mindset is one environmental aspect, it is only one part of the whole. Interestingly, in a recent meta-analysis at Case Western Reserve University it was “found that the overall correlation between growth mindset and academic achievement is…
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Understanding by Design: UbD Template

Reflection and Comparison: Fink’s 3-Column Table and UbD 3-Page Template Learning how to design a course is a completely new experience for me. I have delivered lots of instruction and facilitated hundreds of professional learning events over the years, but I was not the one designing the curriculum or the PL content. The concept of…
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Aligning Outcomes, Assessment and Activities

Innovation Plan Integration This course aligns with my innovation plan by planning for the Year One professional learning (PL) implementation. By utilizing Fink’s (2013) course design principles I will create a significant learning environment for learners. This course will provide educators implementing the Reading Horizons (RH) program with critical knowledge of the Science of Reading…
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Learning Philosophy

One of my earliest memories is of playing school with my sister. As the younger sister, I played the part of the student while my older sister was the teacher. I remember being told to sit and be quiet and raise my hand to earn a sticker. I do not remember learning any academic content,…
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Onward and Upward

“I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does” (Montgomery, 1992, p. 330). This life is such a journey! As I complete my last writings for this semester and for this year, I can’t help but reflect on how life never turns out how you plan. In…
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Contribution to Learning-5302

I sometimes think self-assessment is the most difficult of any course assessment. It forces me to reflect deeply on my learning and engagement. It also is a battle between being proud of what I have accomplished and honestly considering how I could improve. This term I am giving myself a 92/100 on my Contribution to…
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Learning Networks

We are better together! I have been participating in learning networks for many years. My learning networks have proven essential as my educational work has been virtual for the past six years. Being a virtual teacher can feel very isolating without the daily teacher community just down the hall or in the faculty room. Instead,…
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Sold a Story

This month the literacy world was rocked by a new podcast by Emily Hanford (2022) called Sold a Story. Hanford’s podcast is a deep look at how reading has been taught in the US for the past forty years using the cuing system, and why that system persisted for so long even though there is…
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