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Hi Xiaoying,

Thanks for sharing your topic – sleep, and your interactive activity design. You did a really good job on explaining why students in your group will respond to the video. I think that you designed some great interactive activities, which includes student to student interaction, interaction between student and teacher, and interaction among all learners. (Ps. I really enjoy watching your animation video, it’s really funny and helpful! I do think your student group will like it).
You mentioned that having assessments “such as multiple questions or open-ended questions” in the video can help students assess themselves. So, I am curious about how your group will achieve that goal in the practice? For example, will you guys pause the video and give students some time to think?

Thanks,

Song

Hi Victor,

I love your story about attending the “brush lettering calligraphy workshop”. It seems like you had a lot of fun over there with your friend practicing some learning techniques based on constructivism learning theory, and behavioral learning theory. I totally agree with you that exploration is really important in learning, which motivates learners and helps them find their own meanings. People interpret their experience in different ways, even though some of them are attending the same activity and may even get the same grades. I think the journey is more important than the outcome of the learning. I am so glad you had fun and learned something from your experience!

Thanks for sharing!

Song

Hi Victor,

Thanks for sharing experimental learning with us. You did a really good job with your research, and with your ability to explain the concepts. I really like the animation video in your post, which explain the concept clearly and it gave some great examples, (the example of the first time to learn how to walk is really nice and cute) this made it easy for me to understand. You also talked about why you think experimental learning is suitable for your group’s project – EHRs and how to apply this type of learning by using the 4-mode learning model.

I agree that experimental learning is really good on reflecting experience, making sense of what happened and helping to form new meaning. However, this makes me think that some mistakes are easy to fix and less harmful. Those mistakes are definitely okay to learn from. But some experience can cause irreversible damage, and probably could leave life-long pain. I really hope people do not have to experience the pain of making those mistakes. But sometimes it seems like we are powerless to avoid them. Once the damage has been caused, the only thing we can do is accept it and learn from it.

Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed reading it.

Song

Hi Victor,

Thanks for sharing your inclusive design! I really liked your group’s “learner-centered” model. Your group did a really good job in regard to involving a lot of educational resources and online materials. Some of them sound really impressive! And your group also offer different supports to meet learners’ various “engagement, representation, and action and expression” needs, which greatly supports the learner’s autonomy. In addition, these services are flexible and adjustable according to individual’s current situation, personal experience and educational level.

One of the things I am concerned about is learning how to use the online resources or multiple apps for both educators and learners, this can sometimes be a lot of work. Especially for those people who are not sensitive to new apps and technology, it may take a lot of time to learn how to use the app and get the online resources. Is there any chance that you could come up with an alternative plan or support program for those people? Or could you provide some recommendations and introductions in regard to learning apps? This would help learners to choose which one is suitable for them.

Thanks, I’m looking forward to seeing your project!

Song