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It is always wonderful\nto teach a vibrant class of people from so many different backgrounds! I loved\nseeing your childhood photos and music videos and I have enjoyed reading\npersonal stories. Thank you so much for sharing. They helped bring a little\nmore of \u201cyou\u201d and what you do and help us connect in a different way ;). <\/p>\n\n
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As your introductions\nillustrate, there are many shared motivations for joining in this course\nincluding being able to stand on the theory as you do you the practice of\nlearning design, exploring how to move hands-on learning to an online or\nmulti-modal delivery, supporting instructors and working towards access and equity\nwhich is exactly where the precursor (distance education) of this work was\ngrounded. Craig\u2019s comment captured this tension so nicely \u201c\"our\nfield often proposes innovations without checking what came before \u2014 it sounds\nlike a knowledge management problem\u201d (Watson, 2026, para. 2) ** see the bottom\nof this note for how to reference this in APA formatting.<\/p>\n\n
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I hope you are\nenjoying the introductory activity and that someone is putting together the\nspotify playlist for when you cross the stage at convocation! We\u2019ve got quite a mix of 80s synth\n(Matt's The Spoons), Bryan Adams, Nirvana, blink-182, Pink Floyd, Dolly Parton,\nDeee-Lite and of course, a spontaneous D&D group that has formed as well. It is\nlovely to have so many folks with such varied backgrounds and to have several\nwho are in transition between what you do and where you might go after your\ngraduate work. That is exciting! <\/p>\n\n
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By\nnow, nearly all of you have submitted your introductions. Well done! We should\nbe bringing this activity to a close by this weekend, so please take a few\nmoments to post if you haven't yet, and to read and reply to others posts \u2013 I\nguarantee they will make you smile!<\/p>
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Next\non our schedule is\u00a0activity #2<\/a>\u00a0 (complete the blog post by\nAug 30th<\/sup>) where you are invited to read and reflect on Weller's\nwriting \u2013 the Introduction up to and including 2001. Be sure to check out the Unit\n1 description of this activity<\/a> as there are links to a\nserialized audio book as well in case that is easier for you right now. This\nactivity comes early to also help ensure that your Wordpress and Feedly sites\nare in order. If you are having any trouble getting the RRS feed sorted you can\ncheck\nout this guide<\/a> and of course, just let me know if you are having any issues.<\/p> I\nam looking forward to seeing your responses to Weller's writing. Please know\nthat I read everything that you post, but I am going to be intentional on when\nand how to reply. I try to balance giving space to peers to respond prior to\nadding my own commentary. I also might wait to see the broader conversation to\nhighlight areas of interest, connections, or differences in perspectives\nbetween blog posts instead of entering early and moving conversations in\nparticular directions. <\/p> I\nknow that you all come to this course with a diverse wealth of knowledge that\nadd value to our course discussions so even though I do look forward to sharing\nmy thoughts and perspectives in response your reactions, I am excited by the\nprospect of all of us learning together.<\/p> In\nresponding to your peers, you might find the \"FY3\" approach helpful\nin guiding your replies. A colleague describes this approach as involving\nresponses which could:<\/p>\n\n Finally,\nplease remember that there are individuals in the course that you may be new to\nyou and there may also be familiar faces that you may have not had a chance to\ninteract with yet. I encourage you to venture out and engage with people you\ndon't (yet) know.<\/p>\n\n As always, please\ndon't hesitate to let me know if you have questions or concerns.<\/p>\n\n Have a great weekend\nahead and we will speak soon. Elizabeth<\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n Writing Tip - How to cite\na Moodle discussion post<\/b><\/p>\n\n
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