Master of Education
Master of Education in Applied Digital Learning
Applied Digital Learning Program
EDLD 5305: Disruptive Innovation in Education|
This class aims to propose a disruptive innovation plan for our organization, research our plan, and make an implementation outline. We also collected an abundance of resources.
|Innovation Proposal| | Literature Review|
|Implementation Outline| |Annotated Bibliography|
EDLD 5303: Applying Educational Technologies
This class stretched my mind to build an e-portfolio to demonstrate what I have learned throughout the program. I have also learned that I can continue to use this platform to showcase my future work.
EDLD 5302: Concepts of Educational Technologies
We learned about Carol Dweck’s research on growth mindset. We also reflected on how we learn and use our experiences to build new ideas and the importance of networking.
|Growth Mindset| |Learning Manifesto| |Networking|
EDLD 5304: Leading Organizational Change
We learned that change is possible, but we must be strategic because the head won’t go where the heart hasn’t—letting stakeholders know The Why, The How, and The What. Have the right people on our team and influence reluctant participants through motivation and ability. The 4Dx model guides us to stay on track, focusing on the Wildly Important Goal (WIG) and not getting distracted by the everyday whirlwind. We also learned strategies to have crucial conversations with members of our organization that will define us as self-differentiated leaders.
|The Why, The How, and The Why| |The Influencer Strategy|
EDLD 5313: Creating a Significant Learning Environment
This course taught me that students’ engagement could increase with Choice, Ownership, and voice through authentic learning opportunities and Creating a Significant Learning Environment (CSLE). I also developed my learning philosophy of how students learn and apply the knowledge they know based on different theorists. I used Fink’s 3-column table to align learning goals, learning activities, and assessment activities to the Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). The UbD template is another resource educators can use to design purposeful, engaging lessons that show student growth. We also created a growth mindset plan for our learners.
|CSLE| |Learning Philosophy| |Fink’s 3-Column Table|
|Understanding by Design| |Growth Mindset Plan|
EDLD 5389: Developing Effective Professional Learning
In this course, I learned about the five principles of effective professional learning to develop and implement effective professional learning for teachers. I also created an Alternative Professional Learning Plan for my innovation plan.
|Professional Learning| |Planning the Alternative PL|
EDLD 5317: Resources for Digital Environments
Undoubtedly, this is the best time to be a learner because we have information at our fingertips. I did a publication outline in class identifying the essential parts of incorporating technology with blended learning using station rotation. Then I drafted my publication and created a media project with my collaborators to tell others about our publication. Lastly, we published our final publication. The biggest takeaway of this course is using technology effectively to communicate our message.
|Publication Outline| |Publication Rough Draft|
|Media Project| |Final Publication|
EDLD 5315: Assessing Digital Learning and Instruction
In this course, I organized my learning into different parts. I did an Action Research outline to show how blended learning with station rotation affects reading achievement scores in my 4th-grade classroom. Then after a lot of research, I put the final literature review together.
|Action Research Design Outline| |Literature Review|
EDLD 5318: Instructional Design in Online Learning
This course gave me the tools and support to create an online, blended learning course to implement my innovation plan in my organization using resources I created throughout the ADL program, like Fink’s 3-column table. First, I made an overview video of my online, blended learning course. Secondly, I made an implementation video to show the learners about the course. Lastly, stakeholders like literacy couches, students, and I reflected on the usability of the online course.
|Instructional Design| |Implementation| |Usability and Reflection|
References
A new culture of learning by Doug Thomas & John Seely Brown. A New Culture of Learning by Doug Thomas & John Seely Brown. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2022, from http://www.newcultureoflearning.com/
Bates, T., & here, P. enter your name. (2021, October 19). Do we need a theory for blended learning?: Tony Bates. Tony Bates |. Retrieved September 8, 2022, from https://www.tonybates.ca/2021/10/19/do-we-need-a-theory-for-blended-learning/
Dweck C. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Chapters 1-4
Dweck Revisits the “Growth Mindset”: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/23/carol-dweck-revisits-the-growth-mindset.html
Fink, L.D. (2003) A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass. https://www.deefinkandassociates.com/GuidetoCourseDesignAug05.pdf
Harapnuik, D. (2015, May 8). Creating significant learning environments (CSLE) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-c7rz7eT4
Harapnuik Dwayne. April 1, 2020. It’s About Learning. Creating Significant Learning Environments. Retrieved from:http://www.harapnuik.org/?p=3627
Harapnuik, D. K., Thibodeaux, T. N., & Cummings, C. D. (2018). Choice, Ownership, and Voice through Authentic Learning Opportunities. Retrieved from http://www.harapnuik.org/?page_id=7291
Horn, M. B., & Staker, H. (2014). Blended: Using disruptive innovation to improve schools. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 1118955153
Kotter, J. (2011, March 23). The heart of change. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/1NKti9MyAAw
McChesney, C., Covey, S., & Huling, J. (2012). The 4 disciplines of execution: Achieving your wildly important goals. New York, NY: Free Press.
Mertler, C. A. (2019).Action research: Improving schools and empowering educators (6th ed.).Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Patterson, K., Grenny, J., McMillan, R., & Switzler, A. (2012). Crucial conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high. Columbus, OH: McGraw Hill.