What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? Why? Bringing PBL to life. During my daily work and studies, this approach gets a lot of airtime as a leading pedagogical approach, and therefore it is highly beneficial for me to be ‘on the other side.’ Online […]

https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/tag/the-networked-teacher PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 1. PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 2. Not only about tools, but how these tools “mediate connections” (Connected Learning Alliance, 2012). PLN vs. CoP “With CoPs, the people who make up the community have a profession or professional field in common. A network […]

For this post, I thought it would be beneficial to focus on the questions suggested in the course: An occasion when real collaborative learning took place, that moved your own thinking forward Within my day-to-day working environment, I am constantly engaging with a team of academics. Importantly, these ‘academics’ (in most cases) have their own […]

The second ‘topic’ week is now concluded, and it all feels a bit easier now. This is not because of the ‘scenarios’ themselves, but much to do with my comfort in the network we have created. The maintenance of an active WhatsApp and G+ space is indicative of the types of individuals we have in […]

There have been two particular challenges in navigating through Topic 1; firstly, Topic 1 itself, and secondly taking the leader role in fairly unfamiliar territory. I use the world fairly as although there are some general changes, and new (wonderful 🙂 ) people to collaborate with, the concept of PBL and the ‘spirit’ in which […]