Welcome to EDU 141 by Jessica Adams-Grigoreff https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi Introduce yourself! By Thursday night (6/23), post an image or gif of yourself-- it can be an actual media file of you or a symbolic media item that tells us about you. In the caption, respond to the following: "What is digital pedagogy to you?" Refer to a quote from one of our course materials this week or the mini-lecture. By Sunday night (6/26), comment on two of your classmate's padlet posts by building off of their ideas, discussing a reading or your experience in relation to their post, or asking a question. en-us 2022-06-12 22:12:48 UTC 2022-08-12 17:46:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Michelle Galeno's Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2226932465 Hello everyone! Personally, digital pedagogy means the practice of digital teaching, utilizing technology tools that play a huge role in teaching such as e-learning platforms. For instance, in the video, Sal Kahn discusses the timeline of the model of education and how the digital age in education developed. Now with all of this technology and the pandemic, students have adapted to online learning which may or may not be beneficial to all students across the globe. More specifically, Kahn mentions technology has allowed asynchronous learning to occur which allows students to complete their homework and view lectures at their own pace, have flexibility, and if they have any questions, they can interact in person with their instructor the next day. Thus, digital pedagogy allows me to believe it is a practice of digital teaching that utilizes e-learning platforms. ]]> 2022-06-21 15:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2226932465 Elizabeth Rios ElizabethRiosEDU141UCB https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228030056 What are Digital Pedagogies and how do current digital tools work to enhance or distract from student engagement?]]> 2022-06-22 16:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228030056 Nicole Marcos Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228096810 Hi everyone!
Digital pedagogy means the use of digital tools within the classroom. This can even be online learning/online courses as a whole. In recent times many classrooms have moved a portion of their courses or the entire course to online platforms such as canvas. As the world evolves with technology so are classrooms, but classrooms are changing at a much slower rate. With the COVID-19 pandemic we have all realized the importance of technology in continuing the classroom during these circumstances. In the video with Kahn, they discuss the evolution of the classroom including the massive difference in the world starting in the early 2000s with the creation of advanced technology. The importance of digital pedagogy has changed since the pandemic. In the Davidson article they focus on the importance of the students needs rather than changing the curriculum onto an online format during the pandemic. This article discusses really important questions that should be the focus of an educators minds especially during the pandemic, what does it mean to be a student today?]]> 2022-06-22 18:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228096810 Shengfen Yu's Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228151694 To me, digital pedagogy creates an opportunity like never before — we could finally learn more like humans! The traditional education method attempts to enforce an uniform knowledge graph on every individual. Most students are forced to copy and memorize the existing knowledge graph and learn in the same pace. As Sal Khan addressed in the video, this method may be effective in the era of industrialization for greater good. However, I believe it ignores human’s innate curiosity and learning ability if not killing them. Thankfully, we now can make the use of technology to improve the situation. Using digital tools in education gives us a chance to 1) provide equal access of quality content, 2) personalize learning style, content and pace, 3) create interactive experiences and 4) rethink the dynamic between teachers and students. 

Of course, this is a broad topic that we need to take many perspectives into consideration. But to me, digital pedagogy is an opportunity that could potentially transform education.

I am excited to see how this course will develop/change my current understanding on digital pedagogy. Nice to meet you here everyone!
]]> 2022-06-22 20:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228151694 Zoe Blount Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228223449 To me, digital pedagogy refers to the way that technology is utilized in the classroom and academic settings. Additionally, it focuses on the practice of online teaching and learning, especially in more recent times. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a perfect example. As discussed in the Khan video, the pandemic has forced students and teachers to learn and teach differently outside of classrooms, emphasizing the importance of technology. While students are presented with more flexibility and can work at their own pace, teachers have found new ways to creatively engage their students through applications, like Canvas and Zoom.

At the same time, although technology has proved its value in learning environments, especially as it allows for learning to continue at home and outside of the physical classroom, that does not mean that the needs of students should be neglected. As referenced in Davidson’s article, digital pedagogy should also encapsulate the importance of “empowerment, agency, community, and care.” These are values that should be integrated into online courses by educators as a means to support their students’ educational and emotional needs while moving through uncertain times. These are all important components that should be considered when defining what it means to be a student in today’s day and age. 


]]> 2022-06-22 22:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228223449 Ian Keithley Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228237430 To me, digital pedagogy simply encapsulates a defined use of technology in a curriculum. The important question is how technology is included, and whether it expands long-standing disparities. From its current presence in education, we have seen that technology offers little inherent disruption to perpetuating such disparities. As learning becomes more intertwined with technology, we must consider how questions of access, ownership, digital rights/copyrights, and the line between help and monitoring are being answered in both theory and practice. 

The scope of these questions and the powers tasked with answering/ignoring them make me skeptical that technology can bring uniformly positive change to education. As such, the writing of Davidson becomes more significant. When the question is not how can technology help students but rather how can we protect students from technology, the practice of care is at the forefront. In particular, Davidson writes, "Asking that question also tilts the educational process:  What have students already learned that they can share?" This is critical to the work of educators. Care cannot merely be a calm voice or flexible deadlines; it must consider students as people, and it must seek to preserve the existence of the student in the face of technology's stifling deconstruction of individual and constant observation. ]]> 2022-06-22 23:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228237430 Annie Pang Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228368609 Digital pedagogy means exploring and utilizing more learning options outside of a traditional classroom setting. Cathy Davidson from "The Single Most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course" talks about that "Online does not mean absence of community", and instructors should have the responsibility to encourage students to "form study and discussion groups, to work together" when instructors are not around. During the pandemic, when most of the schools changed to online learning without in person instructions, I personally felt very lonely and hard to focus on studying without having a community -- even with zoom lectures every day, the process of learning started to become very distant -- I did not feel the satisfaction, and I collected that a significant number of my peers felt the same way. In the aspect of how to form and sustain a sense of community in the age of digital pedagogy is still a challenge. ]]> 2022-06-23 01:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2228368609 Jessie Xie's Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229095088 Personally, digital pedagogy is a way that educators combine content, pedagogy, and technology together, which plays an important role in both learning and instruction, in particular during the pandemic period. In addition, as pointed out by Sal Kahn (2012), technology is going to make our classrooms more interactive, which I agree with to some extent. However, other facets we should also look into in-depth and think more critically. For instance, I have noticed some teachers emphasize too much on fancy technological tools to create a great and interactive classroom atmosphere rather than focusing on students' learning targets or needs. Therefore, since we have entered the era of technology, I think it would be better to know how to use this "double-edged sword". 

 
]]> 2022-06-23 18:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229095088 Jinkui Zhang's discussion post https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229144871 To me, digital pedagogy means a combination of learning and technology for both students and professors. According to article The Single Most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course by Cathy Davidson, "education is an excellent way of moving beyond trauma to a place of agency, confidence, control, community, care, activism, and contribution". With the covid-19 pandemic that disrupts our normal lives, I believe that digital pedagogy moves beyond the objective of learning knowledges. It is now an online community that allows professors and students to learn together and support each others. It offers empowerment, agency, community, and care for students and professors as well. Digital pedagogy needs to consider the distractions both students and professors are facing and offering tools through online learning to mitigate or even solve the problem. ]]> 2022-06-23 19:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229144871 Angelica Aban Discussion Response https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229170514 Hello, everyone! Digital pedagogy to me is the introduction and utilization of technology and digital tools into a student's learning, which(in the most positive sense) can transform and expand the learning from a "factory model" to one that is highly individualized and interactive. While the technology continued to advance, was made more accessible, and was slowly introduced more and more to the classroom, the pandemic has forced us into a space where digital pedagogy is our only means of education and, as Davidson described it, from a place "of dislocation, anxiety, uncertainty, awareness of social injustice, anger, and trauma." In some ways, I believe this sense of trauma is attached to the very idea of digital pedagogy with many students and institutions vehemently opposed to online learning and desperate to go back in person, while others have decided that it  online learning is where they learn best. I like what Davidson in terms of thinking of digital pedagogy being "human first, not technology first" and the overall concept of digital pedagogy giving students agency and more in-control of their learning, but I also believe that we need to be sensitive and acutely aware of the diverse needs and circumstance that all students are in. ]]> 2022-06-23 20:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229170514 Saffanat Sumra: Discussion Week 1 https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229470077 Hi everyone, my name is Saffanat, but I also go by Saffy, and I am a rising 4th year at Cal pursuing Molecular & Cell Bio (with a minor in Education). One of the first things that comes to mind when I think about pedagogy is the practice of teaching, one that’s often performed by instructors at schools or other institutions of learning. However, as Darwin’s widely known theory of evolution states, things change over time. Digital Pedagogy to me is a more evolved version of classic pedagogy and a version more compatible with our changing times in the age of technology. Sal Khan, during his Forbes interview, states that our current practice of teaching had been stagnant for almost the past century since 1892 when a “committee of 10 gentlemen [...] determined what should happen in the 12 years” of the education life cycle that an individual would go through. At the same time, Khan mentions that it is indeed now that online learning has begun revolutionizing the arena of education, by not only releasing the restrictions imposed by the age based cohorts and the Prussian models of education, but by also making education more accessible to students who can now learn at their own pace. I believe that these principles lie at the core of digital pedagogy– to increase accessibility and opportunity with education. 

]]> 2022-06-24 04:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229470077 Claire Discussion 1 https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229520847 For me, digital pedagogy is a challenge. While there is no denying that online teaching has been convenient for many students and teachers, digital pedagogy seems to me to be more of a test. For teacher， it is a great challenge for teachers to introduce enough important details in a video while keeping the content interesting. Because many students watch videos with the option to fast forward or speed up to skip something they find tedious. But how do teachers ensure that students don't skip important content? This is a test of the instructor's teaching skills. For those "substandard" teachers, low-quality teaching skills are the primary reason for the low quality of online teaching：“Quality concerns are especially acute in the case of K-12 and higher education degree programs conducted entirely online. Some two dozen states have banned cyber-schools and high-school degree programs offered entirely online (Glass& Welner, 2011).”  For students, the self-control hurdle is enough to eliminate many students. Due to the high flexibility of online instruction, some students will procrastinate until the last minute. This inefficient approach to learning does not allow this group of students to succeed academically. However, even though digital pedagogy presents a new challenge for today's education system, we believe it will contribute to the backbone of the education system now and in the future.  And I believe this is the main reason for this class to open.]]> 2022-06-24 05:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229520847 Ariadne Herve: Discussion Week 1 https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229527591 I believe digital pedagogy is a form of new learning through the internet that allows students to thrive in their studies. Not only has online learning spiked drastically in recent years, but it has become ingrained in schooling systems, influencing accessibility to education. As mentioned by Means, Bakia, and Murphy, “Information technology has become more affordable and mobile…Online learning also provides opportunities to aggregate demand across rural communities.” My interpretation of this quote is that digital pedagogy is used as a means to decrease inequality within communities by providing equal access to education for all. For instance, obtaining degrees through fully online colleges is now a possibility (and it’s cheaper!). Students from all around the world are given the opportunity to dive into the subjects that interest them most, all through the use of a computer. 

As online learning has grown, an increase in interaction between scholars and educators has also emerged. Khan states, “Everyone can go at their own pace, [and] get feedback at their own pace.” With easy access to email, zoom, office hours, discussion boards, and tutoring online, students stay informed and quickly ask questions when needed. Students learn how to interact with their peers through online projects, discussion chats, or zoom break-out rooms. Educators are also able to update schedules, simply re-discuss any changes through announcements, and have one on one discussions with students through email or zoom. With most homework assignments, projects, and even exams linked on the course website, students can easily access everything they need in order to succeed. Digital pedagogy has introduced the schooling system with a simple, yet extremely effective way of learning. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

]]> 2022-06-24 05:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229527591 https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229553088 To me, digital pedagogy is a new way of learning or exploring the knowledge that students need, and it’s a new method of teaching for the instructors. In the past, students coming from different backgrounds were facing various challenges for reaching academic achievement, such as family and employment issues.  Having education can sometimes be cumbersome for the students when they do not have the opportunity to have their own flexible way of learning. This pedagogy brings learning platforms and resources that are easily accessible for anyone that workout for their schedule outside of the school. Moreover, when I was in high school, I have noticed some schools started to let student to use technology for learning by lending computers if needed and converting the paper work into online production; it was very encouraging. According to the article, “The Single Most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course” written by Davidson, “We need to design our courses with the awareness of pain, dislocation, uncertainty, and trauma now central to all our lives”. Pandemic is an example that affects every single one in the society that brought stress about the future and the world, therefore, it is important to have courses that could solve these life issues. Implementing technology helps students to balance their school life and work by learning at their own pace. 

]]> 2022-06-24 06:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229553088 Discussion #1 Response: Anya Pendyala https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229553259 Hi Everyone! My name is Anya Pendyala and I’m a rising junior majoring in Business Administration. I believe the growing emphasis on technology in the education sector provides new strategies to distance ourselves from memorization-focused learning into a classroom that is focused on strengthening conceptual knowledge. Digital Pedagogy allows students to focus on thoughtful thinking rather than brute memorization. In Sal Khan's discussion about the "factory model of education" , he compares the Prussian model where “everyone goes at the same pace/idea” and concludes that transitioning past the “traditional class model” where the “information delivery” occurs can be pushed beyond the confines of a classroom. With the use of more conventional learning materials such as textbooks, it only facilitates the learning of concepts through memorization, removing the intent of direct teaching methods. 

However, offering an alternative interpretation, it is not correct to assume that students are more engaged in a hybrid/technology-saturated environment than a traditional classroom. In a physical classroom, Professors have the ability to practice and implement various learning techniques including group assignments. In a technology-focused learning center, it’s difficult for a teacher to accurately track and continue to improve the value of learning in real-time while students are learning the content. Therefore, digital pedagogy cannot be effective without continuing to transform and readjust learning atmosphere not just in schools, but also at home. Technology offers an avenue of self-directed learning where students can take the intuitive to evaluate their understanding of content through the vast number of resources available online. Instead of creating a rigid plan for students to consume the learning on a certain day, they should be given their own time to understand concepts (self-paced learning) and freedom to probe the curriculum through their own interest - which technology encourages.]]> 2022-06-24 06:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229553259 Week 1 Discussion: Ishwari Patankar https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229557309 To me, digital pedagogy is a kind of instructional method that uses new digital technologies and platforms to produce students who strive at the same pace as 'face-to-face' learning. That being said, I personally characterize it as something more than simply teaching digitally, but rather the use of tools from an introspective perspective. By this, I mean being able to configure these remote tools to decide what specific methodology is most impactful by paying careful attention to the particular impacts or consequences certain digitized tools may have on students. The goal of this in-depth understanding is described by Randal Picker's quote, "five years from now, we’ll be beyond the medical crisis, beyond the economic crisis, and we’ll be able to take this technology in this period of experimentation, and we will have figured out really how to put it to use” (4:07-4:18). 

The turns and consequences the pandemic has brought upon us have put a real strain upon the learning and teaching community. However, overcoming these challenges now, and finding what works best will allow the sector of education to improve exponentially in the next decade. Enhancing the future of education is a responsibility for the educators of today, whether it may seem so directly or not. ]]> 2022-06-24 06:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229557309 Discussion Week 1: Kathya Feria Krile https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229562756 To me, digital pedagogy refers to the use of technology, the Internet, and other online resources for the purpose of learning. One may be taught from a teacher online to learn topics covered in school, however, one may also simply watch videos or teach themselves about different subjects outside a curriculum. Furthermore, given that learning online allows people to learn at their own pace, I believe that this in turn also gives power to the students in controlling their own education. However, I also relate the usage of technology to what we covered in the mini-lecture which is that of exposing “issues of politics, power, control, domination, and agency” (Selwyn et al. , 2017, p. 168). Personally, given that I am a low-income student, way before the pandemic I was already facing struggles in having access to the necessary resources to keep up with school given the reliance on iPads, laptops, and other online materials at the time. Thus, digital pedagogy gives power and control over one’s education to the students who are able to secure the tools to access it in the first place, but it may also bring about uncertainty and challenges to those who, given their background, may not as easily be able to engage in online learning.]]> 2022-06-24 06:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229562756 Discussion Week 1: Rahma Mahdi https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229574924 What is digital pedagogy?]]> 2022-06-24 06:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2229574924 https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2235727361 For me, digital pedagogy is more a tool for instructors to use which assist and serve for the educators to provide better quality education for students. I would say that educators are extremely important for children and youths growth mentally and physically, there should not be an erase of educators that digital can never replace human educators. I have an experience of supporting remote education in one primary school in the West of China (Chongqing City, Zhong xian). There were only 81 students in the school and 20 of them have to stay at school for weekends as their parents or guardians were away for work in the cities, some of them serve a sentence, experiencing disease or death. During the weekends, their activities were limited: do homework, play some sports on the playground and watch TV or some of them do some readings. After five weeks volunteering teaching, we decide to open up a program for supporting the students there and add more activities to make their weekends a little bit better and interesting. We start remote "teaching" such as Travel around the World (introducing different cities and countries to the students with videos) and Mental Health lessons. The school was sponsered by an organisation hence they have computer and display screen in each classroom. However, the microphones and camera were not effective for discussion and recognising students. We are continuing this program and would like to make it better. I would say digital or technologies are medium for instructors to provide content for students, as the improvement of technology, more and more students can have equal quality education in the remote area to the city students. Therefore I would say that digital education is shorten the distance from remote area to cities. Although digital education has a lot of equity and humanity issues, we are solving them as we use them.]]> 2022-07-03 04:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jadams333/bef27ktutqpjjxpi/wish/2235727361