Blog Post #2:

Hi Justin, thank you for sharing your thoughts on pedagogy and networked learning. I found your thoughts about different teaching styles interesting. You mentioned that you worked best when you have control over your learning and form your own opinions, but in a statistics course, you would rather be told exactly what to think and learn. I’m curious what you think the difference is in the courses. Is it that you prefer to have autonomy in courses where you have intrinsic motivation to learn the material? Or do you think some topics lend themselves better to student-directed learning than others?

It sounds from what you write like you have taken many online courses. I am curious how your more effective instructors encouraged discussions and created supportive learning environments. I can relate to being more engaged by interactive content and variety in forms of content. Digital learning spaces create a lot of opportunity for different ways of interacting with content and peers. In addition to videos, readings, and podcasts, I’m also thinking of virtual experiments and tours, games, and presentations. So much opportunity in the digital world!