Carmen Cristescu – All the blog posts from the #onl181 community

Prepared for adventure?

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Carmen Cristescu

Looking for a reference for my previous post on learning in community I found this article and I just can’t forget the last sentence in it: “Least we forget, the faculty are the only members of the teaching profession, from kindergarten through college, who are not trained to teach their own students. Neither the students they … Continue reading Prepared for adventure? →

Only triangles as pedagogical frameworks ?

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Carmen Cristescu

I noticed that many things in pedagogy and in life are based on three items in a model. The key is to balance these essential elements placed in triangles, to think of all them in the same time. The situation in education most often is based on three elements: there always is a student, a … Continue reading Only triangles as pedagogical frameworks ? →

Community can help one grow

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Carmen Cristescu

The best example of community collaborative learning had been in my experience the COST actions. International EU projects having each one and only aim but with different ways to reach it (depending on the country). Articles are written with many authors on, books and reports as well and,eventually, a unique solution is found for a … Continue reading Community can help one grow →

Open education=alive education

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Carmen Cristescu

I read myself into what open education is… So an open learning source is supposed to be allowed to be transformed, modified, update, improved by others… what if they ruin it all together? 🙂 If seen as a product it means giving up the intellectual properties… One thing that I created and published was my … Continue reading Open education=alive education →

Me, my son and the digital world

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Carmen Cristescu

The computer. My biggest friend, and my biggest enemy, a source of daily bread and a source of daily conflict. The digital world has impacted my life, my family, our home in a very strong way and this impact will only increase! Almost everybody I know who has children fights nowadays against computer addiction, mostly … Continue reading Me, my son and the digital world →

Beautiful autumn

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Carmen Cristescu

I am Carmen, a postdoc researcher at Luleå University of Technology. I am simply interested in teaching and we’ll see where this trip will led to. Autumn is always for me connected to “out of the comfort zone”. It has always been a new course, a new place, the feeling of “unknown” when autumn starts. … Continue reading Beautiful autumn →