Hello Abdullahi Bashir, Max Savellano, Rikuto Yoshida and Usama Waheed. I already have looked at your interactive learning resource project about Parkinson’s disease. I think the topic is very interesting and a rare topic that most people don’t bring it up. New Learning Outcomes I think the learning outcome of the course material is generally…

Hey Lotus, Your blog post is very engaging and I really like your photos for your blog #4. I think your blog post is very detailed and descriptive which makes the reader follow along very easily.

Hi Zoe, It’s great that you write post #3 by starting with rhetorical question. This really captures reader’s attention and makes the reader engaged in the writing. And I also feel that your writing is very sequential and well-structured that is very easy to follow line by line. I wonder about one thing. Since you…

Hi Abdul, Thank you for sharing your thoughts on direct instruction methods. The topic you chose is really interesting and the writing is thorough and engaging. The photos you posted in your blog #2 really helps me understand what direct instruction method is and how it is correlated to Parkinson’s disease and why it is…

Hey Catriona, I really enjoy reading your post #1. I think it is great that you are personalizing it to make it stand out. And it’s also very engaging that you connect your prompt to your earth science course experiences which is very interesting.

Prompt 1: The videos show the background of the Nanjing massacre where it shows what Japanese army did throughout and how war takes over thousands of people’s lives and impacts future generation. By doing this, we can give students a basic understanding of the massacre and analyze how it impacts Chinese people from different angle.…

Prompt: How can we use our instruction technique to help the audience understand the material better? As you all know, Nanjing massacre is an unfamiliar topic to non-Chinese people with English-learning background. We want to take into account of the language barrier that most English-speaking audience might have by providing the lesson in English. For…

What is Direct Instruction Method? Direct instruction method is an explicit teaching technique that is using lecture-style format where typically a teacher stands in the front of the lecture to teach the material. The courses using direct instruction method technique are well structured, sequential and organized by the teacher. By employing direct instruction technique, students…

Reading: “why is learning hard” and “motivation and learning” Prompt: How did my personal experiences give me the motivation to learn new thing? When I was in high school, reading book was a tedious job. Whenever I sat down to read book, I don’t have the motivation. However, my perspective on reading literacy has changed…

Hello, this is Patrick, a 4th year computer science major student. I am excited to take courses this semester and work with new classmates. I am from North Vancouver but I haven’t been living there for 3 years now. I really enjoy my life in Victoria, both school and the city. Victoria offers a lot…