EDCI 338: Social Media and Personalized Learning

Category: Peer Response Posts

Module 2 – Peer Response Post

February 9, 2025 /

Responce to JungJoo Yoon

Blog Post #2: Exploring Digital Identity and Ethics

Thanks for your throughtful post JungJoo. I found it was thought provoking and well writen.

I appreciate that you said that you expect your Digital Visitor and Resident Map to change and evolve as you do. I have watched my map change and grow to adapt to my needs and wants over the years. Given that this organic evolution of our digital identity is inescapable I think it is important to be mindful of people we portray ourselves as. Moreover, we should always be mindful of the values, ideologies, and messages we are leaving behind as our personal digital foodprint will follow us. I like how you mentioned mindfully building one’s online identity. It really is imperative to ensure that we are building a digital identity and a network that opens doors and remains dynamic and fluid as apposed to closes doors and prohibits growth.   

Responce to Makenna Copley

Blog Post #2

I found that Makenna’s section about Personalized Learning mirrors my own thoughts and feelings about Self-Directed and Constructionist learning pathways. Having worked with at-risk youth since 2007 I know first hand how remarkable and intelligent they are. They are every bit as capable however rigid learning environments and requirements alienate them. The freedom provided by personalized learning is a gamechanger for everyone especially the at-risk neurodivergent youth I work with. Just as Makenna feels empowered by this type of learning environment, at-risk youth do as well. This is a profound feeling for some of them as they have spent most of their lives living with the consequences of others choices. Having the ability to decided for themselves and having a trusted adult believe that they are able to create, move through, and successfully complete these learning tasks has the potential to fill them with confidence and agency that they have never experienced before.       

Thanks for sharing Makenna!

Module 1 Peer Response Posts

January 23, 2025 /
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Peer Response Post – Alexandra Sarro

Blog post #1

Hearing about Alexandras journey through education and how keeping up to date with technology has been challenging but essential was impactful. Alexandras identifying the building of her digital literacy through her Personal Learning Network (PLN) via peers and UVic workshops highlights how pervasive a PLN is. It also emphasizes how we tend to build our PLNs organically, out of necessity, and without any real intention. Learning about PLNs in module 1 will surely be helpful in her future career in sales. Understanding the curating of a PLN with intention will ensure that she is (we are) able utilize her (our) networking and resources to their fullest extent.

Thanks for sharing you post Alexandra!

Peer Response Post – Rachel Powell

Blog Post #1

I really connected to Rachel identifying misinformation and disinformation on social Media platforms and how this can interfere with social media as a educational tool. Since enrolling in UVic about 3 years ago and discovering that I connect a grate deal with social justice I have found TikTok to be an invaluable resource in my informal education. Following creators and civilian journalists who offer an alternative perspective to that of mainstream media has enlightened me. Having the opportunity to engage in content created by the deeply diverse community found on TikToc has broadened my perspective on all aspects of social justice. I have a deeper understanding of systemic oppression, how I inadvertently participate in that oppression, and I am beginning to understand by role in dismantling those systems of oppression. Knowing that I rely so heavily on this content to inform my understanding on current events it is important that I am also a wear of how to spot faulty information.

Here is one creator I follow that helps to untangle the web of misinformation and disinformation. Although I still take the time to do a deeper dive on information that seems questionable.

@gaygtownbae

Peer Response Post – Jessica Mahfoud

Blog Post #1: Introduction and Reflections on Social Media and Personalized Learning

I really appreciated how Jessica made special mention of the challenges of maintaining focus while using social media. I also connected with her identifying the ethical dangers of posting impulsively. Knowing that social media is a powerful tool it becomes important for us, its users, to manage this responsibility ethically, responsibly, and with intention. It is important to cultivate one’s digital identity with the understanding that you may influence those around you. If one is mindful of this impact before posting or interacting on social media it can becomes a benchmark for online etiquette.

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