What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? Why? There remain more questions than answers – the technologists are defining the future by and large and education is being left to drift along on the tide of technological schizophrenic development (check out the number of tools/apps … Continue reading A rearview →

It’s a journey, not a destination…but importantly, see that it’s fit for purpose. During my own journey I have found that the easiest way to demonstrate an approach to a problem like seeking an answer, is by asking a simple question, one that challenges unexamined belief with the need to understand how things work. If … Continue reading The long and winding road →

Now that the ‘paper work’ has been done, what about making it happen? To my mind the most pressing challenge for most leaning models is making it happen, turning the theory into reality. My area of responsibility regarding Topic # 4 has been looking at and making sense of “The 7Cs of Learning Design”. I … Continue reading Call to action… →

Seth Godin in a recent blog posting shared his thoughts titled “The magnetic generosity of the network effect” in which he aptly describes the concept of networking. He says that if you share a pizza with a large crowd, no one will be very satisfied. But if you share an idea with a group, it … Continue reading Taking the ‘inside view’ →

  I’ve had the privilege of moving through the evolution of modern learning from one generation to the next (which includes the myriad of challenges that comes with it). The more recent generations of these systems have enabled me to move around more freely on an area of ‘open ground’. Moving from the print generation, … Continue reading ONL – a free-range view. →

Digital literacy (topic 1), which includes the understanding of digital behaviour is sine qua non for building on my ONL journey of forward-thinking enlightenment. What is clear to me is that I need to move beyond Google. While a powerful tool the student is required to find answers to complex problems to continue to grow … Continue reading She said, he said. →

On-boarding and lift-off Ever present in the recess of my mind is the pull of being aware that the beginning of my life is not going to determine the end of it. Juxtaposed to this, is the notion of no matter what I didn’t do yesterday, what passed me by without me grasping it, it … Continue reading A reflection… →