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Jasmine Koria Post 1

• 9 February 2025, 1:07 PM • Edited by the author on 9 February 2025, 1:13 PM

Persona Card: 'Simi' from the Pacific

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This is my persona card. I feel that it is important to include the often marginalized  experiences and circumstances of learners from the developing Pacific Islands. I have done my best to incorporate those into 'Simi', the persona I have come up with for this exercise. 'Simi' purposely does not have a surname as his experiences are representative of the three very linguistically different sub-regions that make up the developing Pacific. 

One way in which my prospective course can support a learner who has similar circumstances to Simi is by ensuring that all (or at least most) lectures/tutorials/seminars are recorded and made available to students within at least twenty-four hours of the class taking place. 

Note: The persona's name is pronounced "si (like the 'si' in 'sit') mi (like the 'mi' in 'mist') The two sounds together make the name "SIMI". 

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Lina Furnell Post 2 in reply to 1

• 9 February 2025, 7:29 PM

Thank you so much for sharing this, the insight into Simi's personal life and commitments was very useful when considering designing learning for someone like Simi :)

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Smruti Swaroop Post 3 in reply to 1

• 12 February 2025, 5:47 AM

Dear Jasmine, 

I loved Simi's profile, absolutely relatable, whether it is about saying "no" or family roles and responsibilities. To accommodate such a learner in course, I believe audios and videos are important. Sitting at one place and reading printed material might be too time-consuming/Simi may not have the time. However, listening and visual material could be immensely useful. What do you think?

Looking forward to interacting with you, 

Smruti.