Featured image at the top of this post created by Midjourney, prompt by Kay Oddone It is true that as an educator, you never top learning – in both the informal and formal sense. This year I have begun completing the Graduate Certificate in Teach…
Open pedagogies: Transforming and empowering learning
The open movement has been defined as: An informal, worldwide phenomenon characterised by the tendency of individuals and groups to work, collaborate and publish in ways that favour accessibility, sharing, transparency and interoperability. (Couros …
Inquiring towards Innovation
As an educator, librarian, researcher and learner, I have engaged with and taught about inquiry learning in many ways. Valuing openness and access, I share some of this teaching online; here you can see the most recent iteration of LCN616 Inquiry Learn…
Connected Learning in the Classroom
Connected Learning is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity. Connected learning is realized when a young person is able to pursue a personal interest or passion with the support of frien…
Connected Learning: Resources for educators
To support the webinar I recently presented with Eduwebinar, I have curated a small collection of resources for educators wishing to learn more about Connected Learning. This collection focuses on the Connected Learning Framework presented by Mimi Ito …
Exploring the pedagogical potential of PLNs – Keynote presentation for LTU
This post is a summary of the presentation which I gave as the keynote for the Lulea University of Technology Higher Education Conference. The pedagogical potential of PLNs from Kay Oddone Below is a summary of my presentation, including the feedback r…
Personal Learning Networks and Pedagogy – what’s the connection?
A few weeks ago now, I was honoured to visit the University Pedagogy Centre at Lulea University of Technology, in Northern Sweden. During the week I spent working with Oskar Gedda, Malin Larsson Lindback and their team, we discussed the role of PLNs i…