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Professional Musings
Please peruse my professional thoughts on instructional design, elearning threories/trends and education. I welcome feedback and open discussion.
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Politicizing Pedagogy
How do you feel about the notion or action of politicizing pedagogy? Is it necessary within the context of critical digital pedagogy? Is...
Katie Holloman
Sep 11, 20203 min read
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Games & Learning Portfolio: Pandemic Reflections
Why does play - and game play, in particular - matter for our livelihood and our learning right now? And whether our learning inside or...
Katie Holloman
May 3, 20208 min read
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Video Games and the Global South: A Review
Please play the introduction video (1:32) below to begin: Diversity & Inclusion - Being inclusive of people of varying backgrounds,...
Katie Holloman
Apr 18, 20209 min read
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VR Gaming for Pandemic Fitness
Game title: Box VR Gaming system: Oculus Quest (Virtual Reality goggles) Category: Virtual Reality (VR), simulation, fitness, sport,...
Katie Holloman
Apr 4, 20208 min read
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Board Gaming for Beginners
Game title: The Quacks of Quedlinburg Gaming system: Board Game Category: medieval, fantasy, magic Player type: 2 to 4 players...
Katie Holloman
Mar 20, 20207 min read
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Are Interactive Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Games the Future of Horror Game Play?
Game title: Until Dawn Gaming system: Playstation 4 Category: interactive, choose your own adventure, simulation, horror Player type:...
Katie Holloman
Mar 7, 20207 min read
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Stardew Valley: PC Gaming
Game title: Stardew Valley Gaming system: PC (multiple systems available) Category: role-playing game, simulation, farming Player type:...
Katie Holloman
Feb 23, 20206 min read
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VR is the Future of Gaming
Game title: Job Simulator Gaming system: Oculus Quest (Virtual reality (VR) headset) Category: Casual play, beginner, food, simulation...
Katie Holloman
Feb 8, 20205 min read
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What's in a Label? Networked Learning Spaces
The term “Networked Learning Spaces (NLS)” is an entirely new one to me. However, upon researching what a NLS truly is, I realized that...
Katie Holloman
Apr 4, 20193 min read
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Society's Technology of Tomorrow
On a very broad scale, each person’s individualism is based on their past experiences and the time period in which they were raised. For...
Katie Holloman
Mar 2, 20194 min read
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Does your smartphone own you or do you own your smartphone?
In Tristan Harris’s 2017 Ted Talk “How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day”, he talks about the need to...
Katie Holloman
Feb 22, 20193 min read
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Balancing Social Media to Create Your Best Life Experience
When I moved to South Korea for a 12-month teaching contract, I didn’t have any social media accounts and in fact, Facebook had just...
Katie Holloman
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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Safety, Security & Privacy
Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations seems to apply to the use of social media, specifically by generational use. Not always, but...
Katie Holloman
Feb 3, 20193 min read
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