{"id":5593,"date":"2025-02-03T08:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt525\/?guid=6f9f0da9072047b18219b2937523f927"},"modified":"2025-02-03T08:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:33:24","slug":"moving-on-to-unit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/lrnt525\/moving-on-to-unit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving on to Unit 2"},"content":{"rendered":"by Michelle Harrison.  

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Hi\neveryone,<\/p>\n\n

Congratulations on completing the\nfirst Unit! You spent the last week finalizing your team consensus activity as\nwell as delving into some different theoretical approaches to leadership. In\nboth the team reflections and the posts that I have read so far, there has been\na focus on a very human-centric approach to leadership where you have been\nconsidering both cultural and organizational contexts. I also noted in your\nteam consensus posts that you are looking for leaders who are competent,\nhonest, caring and supportive. An outstanding leader will focus on capacity\nbuilding, will be adaptable and through collaborative practice will build trust\nand respect within their team. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

I\ngot a start last evening reading and responding to your blog posts, and see\nthere are still more to come, so I will take time over the next few days to\nexplore your reflections. Though we are moving onto Unit 2, I encourage you to continue\nto explore your peers' posts and to comment on at least one that resonates with\nyou early this week.<\/p>\n\n

We\nare now moving into our unit on change where we start to move away from\nthinking about leadership more abstractly, to the practical consideration of\nleading and implementing change within an organization. I encourage you to keep\nyour thoughts about leadership at the forefront as you start to consider how\nchange is managed. What are those values, traits or frameworks that can help\nwith leading a successful initiative? There are three activities for this Unit.\n<\/p>\n\n

  1. This week you will focus on completing the readings and writing a\nshort post as part of Activity 1. <\/strong>This activity takes place within a\nframework that I hope encourages you to consider some broad issues in managing\nchange within a different lens or perspective. It is an activity that focuses\non choice and prompts you to use a perspective framework to respond, reframe or\nrethink current practice problems that have been shared by colleagues who take\na critical approach to issues and strategies around implementing and leading in\neducational learning technology environments. You will be prompted to post in a\nlearning space that allows for the collection of voices of students across\ncohorts, so it will be interesting to see what you think of the space\n(informally). <\/li>
  2. \n\nGet started on Activity 2<\/strong>, where you will reach out to your\nnetwork to have a conversation about what successful change looks like. You\nwill use this conversation in Assignment\n1<\/a>, so please review the assignment. A reminder to review the\nsection on the Ethical Review for this assignment (at the bottom of the page),\nas you will need to have your colleague fill out the consent form that is\nprovided. Activities 1 and 2 will help you formulate your first Assignment--an\nexternal scan that highlights how change is addressed in digital learning\nenvironments which is due at the end of Unit 2 (week 4). <\/li>
  3. \n\nActivity 3<\/strong>\n\u201cInitiating Change\u201d (in week 4) provides some prompts for you to think about specific\nchange initiatives and can help you start thinking about your final project. You\ndo not have to create a post for this activity<\/strong> \u2013 it is designed to help you\nstart to think about your final project and team assignment. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n

    Synchronous Session:<\/strong> In our synchronous session last\nweek we talked about when would be the best time to meet <\/strong>and it everyone\nagreed it would be good to meet at the start of each unit. So, we will have another\nmeet this week, Tuesday February 4th<\/sup>, at 5 pm PST<\/strong> (and then\nanother at the start of Unit 3). See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n

    Michelle<\/p>

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    by Michelle Harrison.  Hi
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    Congratulations on completing the
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