How can you adjust your planned learning activities to meet the needs of your learners if an unexpected event occurs?
Considering our topic is on sleep habits and educating others on the symptoms of insomnia, I feel as though our learning activities translate well to online environments. Our initial learning activity calls for small group discussions detailing each person’s bedtime routine, along with reflections of how this may improve or impede sleep. This may do better in a technology-mediated environment to remove barriers of getting to campus/class, allows for discussions to be recorded and transcribed for better accessibility and to allow students to catch up with older course material and discussions. No extra training is needed, this is just an activity to break the ice and allow students to reflect on how their current sleep habits may affect their quality of sleep.
The only difficulty of our main learning activity being switched to online is creating an edit-able template for the sleeping journals to ensure learners will not need access to a printer. It would be beneficial to be able to meet online in small groups or as a class to discuss the findings and experiences of the learners, but it is not necessary in the event of an unexpected event. Based on our own experiences in this course, I think it would be great to offer access to a platform like MatterMost where learners are able to ask the course community questions and just share their thoughts
Similarly to the sleeping journal activity, the learning activity in which learners create their ideal bedtime routine can be easily moved to an online learning environment by creating an edit-able template that students can fill out from the comfort of their own home. I would prefer to introduce these activities in a synchronous fashion (i.e. providing these learning activities on a zoom call or having a weekly zoom check-in) so I, as the educator, can better understand where the learners are at, if they are fully grasping the concepts provided, and to answer any questions/provide and feedback learners may require.
Hi Frankie! I was lucky enough to have been assigned your group’s learning resource to give feedback to. I would just like to say, first of all, what a wonderful job you guys did with your project. It was clear, engaging, and very well thought out. I thoroughly enjoyed working through it, and absolutely love the topic that you guys chose. My mom had insomnia for the longest time, so I was very familiar with the topic going into your resource. That being said, I learned so much! I loved that you touched on so many different aspects of the disorder– it was very comprehensive. I love the solutions that you provided to the potential barriers that your students might face. Creating an editable template for both your journaling activity and your bedtime routine activity are great ways to ensure that students are able to effectively work on the assignments that you have given them. I wonder about students who don’t have easy access to technology, and what would be the best way to ensure that they are able to complete these assignments. Overall, I love this post, and I love your learning resource. Good luck on your final product!