Month: June 2021

I found a course video on economic topics on YouTube. This instructional video encourages students to follow the video to learn through subtitles, picture examples, and real-person explanations. The video I designed will have a group discussion after the video explanation of each unit. I hope to let students participate in the classroom through group discussion. After learning all the video teaching content, there will be a final exam to force them to study the knowledge points in the video seriously. Firstly, students can record their opinions by taking notes, and then put forward their opinions and questions through group discussion in the form of voice and keyboard input dialogs. Teaching videos will also be equipped with subtitles and video speed adjustment functions to help students with language difficulties, hearing difficulties or other potential obstacles to get a fair education. After the students watched the video and participated in the group discussion, I would suggest that they review the knowledge points learned through video teaching in their free time. Teaching in this way not only allows students to absorb new knowledge points well, but also helps students learn how to communicate effectively and solve problems they encounter. Through online teaching, computer audio and image display to help students learn new knowledge effectively. At the end of each unit of learning content, there will be quiz to help students understand their current mastery of new knowledge. For teachers, this job is easier to manage and implement. The teacher does not need to spend a lot of time listening to the results of each student’s discussion, because the process of establishing a group and discussing with other classmates can effectively help students solve their problems. Then, there will be a fixed time one day a week, the teacher will use the video online method to answer the questions and problems that the students still need to solve.

In the process of learning, I agree that it is very difficult to accept and thoroughly understand the opinions of others. In blog” why is learning hard?”, author said that “When you think about it though, learning is changing your mind about something. That is why learning is difficult.” I totally agree with this sentence. Learning is also the process of opening up our way of thinking. Before learning something. We may subjectively give this thing some prejudice. The process of learning is also a process of eliminating prejudice and allowing us to reach a consensus with new knowledge. In my personal experience, it was a challenge to try online courses across time zones for the first time. Not only I need to overcome the physiological impact of jet lag, but also to adapt to the new form of online courses. Overcoming this difficulty is because I am still interested or curious about the content of the online course. This gives me the motivation to continue to complete the course. After having a learning goal, the motivation for learning will be generated. Moreover, the motivation for learning also depends on whether there are classmates and discussions with you. The group discussion process in the course can increase students’ participation in the course. Everyone participates in the course, which will let students know more clearly about their understanding of new knowledge. 

In the course designed by our group, we decided to position students in the higher ed range. We use video teaching methods to allow students to accurately understand the content of the course. Through group discussions and exams to help students understand the content of the course more comprehensively. The advantage of our teaching method is that students are still relatively flexible in terms of time. The disadvantage is that students need to have a certain degree of self-control to complete the course content 

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Why is learning hard?

Hello everyone, my name is Weiran Wang. I am an international student currently study in University of Victoria. My major is economics, and I am a fourth year student. I am from Ningbo ,China, which is a beautiful city. Moreover, my interests are quite wide. I like baking at home, reading books, or listening to musics. I also like to go hiking and watch movies with friends. I joined this class is because I am interesting in learning new method,. After finish this course I hope that I can be able to apply the knowledge in daily life. I believe this course will be a very interesting course.