PROMPT: How can you adjust your planned learning activities to meet the needs of your learners if an unexpected event occurs? (for example, a pandemic arises and many of your employees must now work from home – how will you ensure that they can still do their jobs? 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.
In the event of unforeseeable occurrences, such as a pandemic, education and employment, my group decided to make all of our interactive learning resources and activities available online, with direct guidance. This would require each of us to have strong internet access, a device of some kind, and the capacity to work online, such as being able to respond to emails, and so on. This means we provide learners with written directions to complete videos, texts, lectures, and assignments. Nevertheless, we recognize that online learning is not for everyone. Offering two or more different options for each task could be a solution for online learning. Option one might be to read an article and take a short quiz on the material. Another option might be to read an article and write an essay summing up and simplifying its contents to demonstrate understanding.
Because everyone learns differently, I believe this strategy of providing learners with options is excellent. We can ensure the success of all of our learners by providing such options. Learning is challenging, and I believe in order to educate one another we must consider how to make learning both accessible and beneficial to all of our students as individuals have a variety of learning needs.
