Weeks starting 26 November 2018 So, this week was the last week of my ONL181 journey. A journey that I describe as a huge learning curve, self-discovery and elimination of pre-conceptions and perceptions. I’ve chosen to pick out snippets from each of my blog posts (in blue) – those that I find important and relevant to … Continue reading Weeks 11 – ONL181 reflections… →

Weeks starting 12 & 19 November 2018 Topic 4 was another topic that I was especially excited about because I was going to learn the details around designing for online and blended learning. In my teaching context, which is predominantly contact, face-to-face teaching, I want to incorporate more blended learning. Our current teaching model is … Continue reading Weeks 9 & 10 – ONL181…learning online design →

Weeks starting 29 October & 5 November 2018 This was the beginning of topic 3 – learning in communities and collaborative learning. This was the topic that excited me from the beginning as learning in communities is something that I believe has huge value and always try to encourage my students to practice. However, I … Continue reading Weeks 7 & 8 – ONL181 – true collaboration… →

Weeks starting 15 & 22 October 2018 These weeks were the start of Topic 2 which focused on “openness” – open education, open educational resources, open practices, etc. I found the resources for this topic extremely valuable – especially the introduction lecture and webinar by Kay Oddone and Alastair Creelman. I was very ignorant of … Continue reading Weeks 5 & 6 – ONL181 gets more real… →

Weeks starting 1 & 8 October 2018 Topic 1 was “released” on 1 October and I now realised that ONL181 is getting real:) I must admit that I did not expect the topics for this course to be scenarios. I read the scenario for Topic 1 and I thought “How does this scenario have anything … Continue reading Weeks 3 & 4 – ONL181 gets real… →

Week of 24 September 2018 This has been a busy week of learning – stimulating and enlightening in so many ways! I attended a conference that focused on what’s coming and in fact, is here, in many cases already – artificial intelligence, cryto-currencies, blockchains… – mind-boggling but so interesting. I then attended a talk on … Continue reading Week 2 – the journey continues… →

20 September 2018 I am Tamara Naidoo from Durban, South Africa. I am very passionate about teaching and learning and I am always keen on learning new strategies to enhance my teaching, thereby impacting positively on my students’ learning experiences. I have just started an online learning course (ONL18) – my first one! It has … Continue reading The Journey Begins →