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Our team selected a few learning activities to help learners to understand how insomnia affects our health. We included a sleeping diary which acts as a record or log that learner maintain to track their sleep patterns and habits. The sleep diary will be a useful tool for monitoring and assessing sleep quality and identifying any issues or patterns that may affect sleep. The sleep diary usually includes information such as the learner’s bedtime, wake-up time, sleep duration, sleep quality, naps, sleep environment, pre-sleep routine, caffeine and alcohol consumption, medications, sleep disturbances, and daytime symptoms. Learners will be recording this information for a period (e.g. at least a week or two) to help identify the patterns, triggers or habits that may affect the learner’s sleep. As mentioned, learners will be recording information in their sleep diaries themselves and they may face barriers like inconsistency as some people may forget to record certain information or find it difficult to fill out their diary every day. The inconsistency of the diary may create a challenge for the learners as they would not be able to observe patterns. Moreover, a sleep diary requires a commitment of time and effort learners with busy schedules may face difficulty to fill out the diary. To resolve the barriers listed, learners should create a daily reminder on their electronic device or notebook(something that they check out on a daily bases) to remind themselves to fill out their sleep diary. Also, electronic devices such as phones help monitor users’ sleep duration by recording off-screen time. If the learners have the habit of looking at their phones before going to bed and checking their phones first thing they do when they wake up; the iPhone health function may assist learners in tracking their sleep information. In addition if the learner lives with someone(e.g. family) they may ask their family to help track their sleep duration and remind learners to fill out their sleep diary.

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The cooperative learning approach is the instructional use of small groups where students can work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning(What Is Cooperative Learning? — Cooperative Learning Institute, n.d.). In other words, students work cooperatively to accomplish shared goals. The key to cooperative learning is to ensure that the group of students is staying on task as students may get off topic instead of working together in a social setting. Moreover, classes do not usually begin with cooperative learning as students have not focused on the class subject yet. Instead, students will pay more attention and focus if the topic was introduced before cooperative learning through completing a quick worksheet, setting g goals for the class period or anything that helps a student think about the topic(Zook, n.d.). The wrap-up of cooperative learning usually ends as student groups present their results to one another to allow a class-wide discussion and ideas that may have never been considered by other groups to be heard(Zook, n.d.). Cooperative learning would not be the best alignment with the topic chosen by our group as we would like to engage the instructor more with the learning process. Because our topic is related to health, it is important that they have a clear understanding of the definition of the disease and the causes of the disease. Cooperative learning will not be the best for providing accurate information on defining diseases.  In addition, is it crucial to develop students’ curiosity about the topic they form so that students will conduct research and answer the question due to curiosity. The learning approach that best aligns with our topic would be inquiry based-learning where students are encouraged to ask questions, conduct research and explore new ideas(Scholl & Scholl, 2023). Taking the example from our topic “How does insomnia affect a person’s health”, it requires students to conduct research, review different articles and develop critical thinking on what information is appropriate and applies to the topic.

Scholl, A., & Scholl, A. (2023). What Is Inquiry-Based Learning? Types, Benefits, Examples. SplashLearn Blog – Educational Resources for Parents, Teachers & Kids. https://www.splashlearn.com/blog/what-is-inquiry-based-learning-a-complete-overview/

What is Cooperative Learning? — Cooperative Learning Institute. (n.d.). Cooperative Learning Institute. http://www.co-operation.org/what-is-cooperative-learning

Zook, C. (n.d.). What Is Cooperative Learning and How Does It Work? Applied-Educational-Systems. https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/what-is-cooperative-learning-and-how-does-it-work

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By linking primary learning research and educational practice, translating theory into practice it serves the ability to translate relatable aspects of learning theories into optimal instructional action. In order to achieve the goal two sets of skills and knowledge are required. The designer would have to understand the position of the practitioner, and the ability to diagnose and analyze practical learning diagnosis. Besides understanding the position, bridging and linking applications with research is necessary. Moreover learning theory and research acts as the source of verified instructional strategies when people need to select a solution to overcome problems. The author has introduced three different learning theories: behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism. With behaviourism, learning is achieved under specific environmental stimuli with a proper response. One example of behaviourism from my personal experience would be my mom treating me with a gift when I got all A’s for the final score which is a type of positive reinforcement so that I would work hard in the future to get rewarded. However behavioural principles are challenging to imply when higher-level skills(e.g. critical thinking) are required. Cognitivism focuses on how people acquire, process and store knowledge, it suggested that learning happens when people are engaging with the information they have learned and relate back to existing knowledge. One personal experience with using cognitivism would be implying the knowledge I have learned from school to my co-op, where I implied my understanding of the healthcare system and knowledge of computer science to solve problems during my co-op. Constructivism may be considered a branch of cognitivism that equates learning with creating meaning from experience, it emphasizes the importance of learners building their own understanding of the world. One personal example of demonstrating constructivism would be a course I have recently taken, where I was asked to create an assessment tool on ethics and values. I had to reflect on my personal value and ethics and justify when they are important to me and to others.

Based on my reading I would consider my current instruction style to be cognitivist where I try to imply prior knowledge to solve problems both academically and in daily life. I often apply cognitivism when I am working on a project where I used my research skills to find information that I believe is useful to the project and can provide proof for the statement.

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