How effectively IBL can support the development of critical thinking skills remotely
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A Summary of My Exploartion into Open Learning
For this inquiry, I wanted to understand how open and distributed learning can help people build financial literacy. Money management is so important, but a lot of traditional learning still feels confusing, expensive, or inaccessible. Over the weeks, I explored different free resources and paid attention to how they teach, how they keep people engaged,…
Week 4: Accessibility and Equity in Open Financial Learning
This week, I thought about who really benefits from free financial learning resources and who might still be left out. Since Iāve been learning through openly available platforms, I wanted to see how accessible they are for different people. As Hilton points out, free resources remove cost barriers, but they donāt automatically solve bigger issues…
Week 3: Engagement & Gamification in Financial Learning
This week, I focused on what actually keeps people motivated when learning finance through open online resources. Financial topics can be overwhelming and anxiety-inducing for many learners, so I wanted to understand how different platforms make the experience feel enjoyable and sustainable. My investigation centered on engagement strategies, examining both explicit gamification elements and subtler…
Week 2: Exploring Open Financial Learning Platforms
This week, I moved from resource gathering to active engagement, diving into the open learning platforms I identified in Week 1. I focused on Khan Academy, Wealthsimple Learn, and YouTube channels like The Plain Bagel, exploring how each platform teaches core financial topics and examining the distinct learning experiences they offer. Khan Academy I began…
Week 3 Reflection: Privacy, Agency, and Finding My Inquiry Focus
What Happened: Understanding Digital Privacy and Defining My Inquiry This week brought two key moments in my EDCI 339 journey. First, I explored the FIPPA content, which helped me understand important privacy considerations for educators using digital tools. Second, I finalized my Free Inquiry topic: How can open and distributed learning make financial literacy accessible…
Week 1: Defining My Inquiry & Collecting Resources
For my free inquiry project, I’m exploring financial literacy through open and distributed learning. I want to understand how freely available resources can help anyone improve their money management skills, and what makes these resources effective and engaging. Traditional educational systems often fail to provide adequate preparation for real-world financial decision-making, so this inquiry investigates…
Financial literacy in open learning
Money managemnet is one of the most important life skills, yet it’s rarely taught well. Traditional finance education can feel gated, full of jargon, or inaccesible to people who need it most. For my free inquiry project, I want to explore how open and distributed learning can make financial literacy more accesible to everyone Over…
Week 2 Reflection: Learning about Reflective Blogging
What Happened: Discovering What Makes a Good Blog Post This weekās focus on āWhat Makes a Good Blog Postā could not have come at a better time. I had just set up my blog and written my first reflection, so I was definitely looking for tips on how to make my posts more engaging and…
Week 1 Reflection: Getting setup!
What Happened: Joining the Course Late I joined EDCI 339 about a quarter of the way into the term, so I had a bit of catching up to do. The Week 1 āWelcome to EDCI 339ā post basically became my guide for understanding how the course worked, what the assignments looked like, and how weād…