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Creation & Ideation
Original Educational Venture: Hive App & Proposal
ETEC 522 Ventures in Learning Technology
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Keywords
original venture, group work, providing solutions, analyzing markets, pitch deck
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Reflection
This project allowed me to gain competency in my multimedia content creation, such as creating a compelling pitch video, website, and other materials, and improve my design skills.
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The most important feedback I received on this project was to be more confident in putting myself forth as an expert and innovator. In retrospect, I would have given my material a voice and introduced myself as a potential ed tech entrepreneur more confidently.
Publication Information
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Hive App Venture
Author: Melissa Drake
Date: February 2020
Course: ETEC 522 Ventures in Learning Technology
Professor: David Vogt
Hive LTI Proposal (PDF download in Related Reading section above)
Author: Melissa Drake
Date: April 2020
Course: ETEC 524 Learning Technologies: Selection, Design & Application
Professor: Natasha Boškić
Overview
The Hive app is an original learning technologies venture that aims to solve a common problem in online/remote learning situations - collaborative group work. The accompanying LTI (learning technology integration) proposal was written to pitch the app to an institution to enhance student learning outcomes in blended and online environments.
Course Background
The Analyst Bootcamp and our first assignments to research ventures and CEOs in ETEC 522 set the stage for our penultimate assignment: create an original venture or take an existing venture to revamp it. I chose to create an original venture, as I felt strongly about creating a solution for student group work issues. After receiving permission to extend the work I had already done in one course in another, I created the LTI proposal in ETEC 524 as my final assignment to select a learning technology, apply it to a real world educational issue, and propose it as an institutional solution. I was teaching Communications at Niagara College at the time, and I had recently finished a diploma program there. My experiences as a student in MET and at Niagara College as a student and teacher led me to developing this group work solution.
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