Hi everyone!

This is Wanyue Mo (Krystal). I’m currently in my third year here in UVic majoring in biology. I am taking this class both as a means to fulfill my credits and out of my interest in knowing more about online learning forms. I have taken some EDCI courses and found that there are a lot to know about online learning and the new trends of learning with the use of social media. I am interested in the area of potential problems that exists in online learning forms, as well as how to avoid them to improve the learning experience and results. I am also interested in incorporating my major biology into online learning, making it accessible to anyone who have access to the internet. I want to share the knowledge in biology both because of my passion for this subject, and because it can be an important tool for development for some countries or areas that lack development.

To me, education is not only a way to understand more useful knowledge and information about the world, or a tool to get a better life, but also a means to get a better idea of who we are as people, as well as who we are as a group or species. I think it is a way of self-reflection because knowledge we obtain through education gives us more perspectives to see ourselves and reflect on our practices. Therefore, as students, we should not only acquire knowledge to pass tests and get good grades, but also constantly reflect. I think for instructors, the role they play is a leader and a guide rather than teaching or infusing information. Based on these thoughts, I hope to know:

How online education would work science subjects;

How social media could be used to aid science subjects learning online;

What can we do to minimize the negative impacts of the use of internet and social media, while making use of it to aid learning.

I also would like to get to know more people and their amazing ideas that I am sure would inspire me for the future learning.