Month: August 2025

For my 4th blog for EDCI 335 regarding interaction I chose the Youtube video “Vet explains 6 ways to keep your pet’s teeth healthy | PET CIRCLE” as an example for the prompts. This is a short informative video outlining 6 different ways to maintain oral hygiene for pets.

1) Although the video is fun and informative I would not consider it inherently interactive as it does not have any properties that pushes the watchers to respond in any way. For the most part the video is just exposition from a professional that doesn’t require any interaction on the viewer’s part.

2) One way a student may respond to this video on their would be discussing the key points of this video with other people who have pets or, by writing down notes to help them care for their own pets in the future.

3) One designed activity that students could do after watching this video would be to create an example oral health routine for their own pets, or maybe a pet they would like to get in the future. The oral maintenance methods suggested in the video have different frequencies, some requiring daily practice such as brushing and some requiring monthly or yearly practice such as scaling appointments at the vet. This could better prepare students for future pet care as it would give them a better sense of the time management skills they will need to have. Since this is a pretty simple activity this could be handwritten or completed online.

6) One way that this video could have been designed to be more interactive is by asking viewers questions to encourage thinking about the topic, or by asking the viewers to leave their thoughts down in the comments. However, since the video was designed to quickly provide helpful information those other elements may take away from the main purpose of the video.

7) If learners are having trouble accessing this video either through internet issues or due to a lack of access to technology, we could provide transcriptions or a short written summary of the video. We could also ask another student to volunteer to share their notes which could provide learner to learner interaction.

Reference

“Vet explains 6 ways to keep your pet’s teeth healthy | PET CIRCLE”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE0hTlByhYI

For my 3rd blog for EDCI 335 I will be writing writing my post in response to prompt 3 of Inclusive Design.

Designing for Inclusion Under Unexpected Circumstances

One challenge educators can face is the sudden disruption to regular classroom activities due to unforeseen circumstances. When facing a disruptive event such as the Covid-19 Pandemic it is important for educators to learn how to adapt to the situation quickly to provide a smooth transition to a new learning environment.

Online Interactivity

A key step to dealing with an unexpected event is to seek alternate ways to deliver aspects of the course in order to better suit the needs of a changing environment. During the Covid-19 Pandemic many of the in-person activities such as labs and group discussions for my courses had to be reconfigured to online platforms. One such example was the use of the collaborative platform Padlet, where students had to write feedback for group presentations posted online. For my group’s interactive learning resource we plan to remain flexible and alter the delivery of the material to maintain engagement among students.

Navigating a New Learning Environment

Training and proper guidance will be necessary for students to successfully navigate a new and unfamiliar learning environment. In order to ensure that our students are able to get acquainted with unfamiliar tools and platforms our group plans to create short tutorials in both written, and video form to help students feel comfortable. Students may still face challenges even when provided with guides and tutorials with the new learning environment. In order to account for these difficulties our group could potentially implement a system of “soft deadlines” where students aren’t heavily penalized for late submissions and offer alternate forms of submission such as photocopies of handwritten work, or through email. In addition to use of new online platforms such as Padlet, we could design alternate offline activities to provide as many options as possible to maintain accessibility.

Closing Thoughts

Although new challenges may arise in the face of an unforeseen event, by remaining open-minded and seeking alternative teaching methods we can help students succeed in a new learning environment.