How can you adjust your planned learning activities to meet the needs of your learners if an unexpected event occurs? (for example, if a pandemic arises, and many of students must now work from home – how will you ensure that they can still learn successfully? What training will they need, and how will you deliver it, knowing they must remain at home?) This is a common discussion thread right now, as many schools and universities have made the switch to teaching online.

My planned learning activities under the topic “Personal Finance” would’ve customarily been taught in a traditional classroom, but they will be delivered online as many institutions are switching over to online learning. This is a great way for students to learn the concept of budgeting at the convenience of their own homes, and resources will be readily available as they will remain online. 

The platform we will be using is Google Classroom, and it’s a user-friendly learning environment providing all the tasks, assignments, resources, and learning outcomes that will be completed in a timely manner. Google Classroom is a great Learning Management System (LMS) for my planned learning activities because “the use of eLearning tools creates a learning environment that is highly connected, accessible, and responsive to student’s needs. Lonn and Teasley (2009) contend that LMS provide tools for learning that are preferred by today’s generation of tech savvy students. As our world becomes more connected and mobile, so should our learning environments. Teachers and students can access course content, assignments, work, and communicate from any device with LMS (Abrami et al., 2006; Ventayen et al., 2018). Increased mobility and accessibility also lead to increased student motivation and increased responsiveness to student needs via immediate feedback capabilities (Abid Azhar & Iqbal, 2018; Abrami et al., 2008) (Martin, B.A., 2021, p.3). 

With the use of mobile phones and computers becoming more popular and dependent, the idea of transitioning to online learning can create a more convenient learning environment for students as it will help them view mobile and computer devices as learning tools rather than just for entertainment. The resources that will be used for budgeting are a combination of online articles and videos. This will provide an easy and convenient way of learning as the resources will be available online at all times, and they are structured in a fun and engaging matter rather than in a boring traditional textbook learning environment. The learning outcomes will be a tool for the students to help keep their goals in mind while accessing the resources and completing the assessment. The assessment will consist of creating a budget sheet using Google Sheets, listing out all the expenses by categorizing them into wants and needs with respect to the student’s income. This would be an engaging assessment to implement as it makes students think about their spending habits and help them understand the importance of decision-making behind every expenditure one would incur.

Martin, B. A. (2021). Teachers Perceptions of Google Classroom: Revealing Urgency for Teacher Professional Learning. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt27873

Link to my comment on my peer’s post: https://nickkkedci335.opened.ca/inclusive-design-post-3/