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Digital Detox #2: The LMS, Tech-Driven Pedagogy, and Making Bad Choices Too Easy

ByBrenna Reading Time: 11 minutes

It’s common discourse in teaching and learning circles to hear the comment that we can’t let technology drive our pedagogy. But is it true? If I walk into a classroom and the chairs are fixed rather than movable, it changes how I approach the lesson plan; if there’s no whiteboard or no surface to write…

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Digital Detox #1: Welcome to the Show

ByBrenna Reading Time: 5 minutes

Welcome to the 2021 TRU Digital Detox.  Last year, I used the Digital Detox at least in part to introduce myself to the TRU campus and showcase my priorities in my new role as Coordinator, Educational Technologies. My big thing was hope. Hope! Yes, venture capitalism and surveillance tech and corporate edtech are things that…