Topic 4

For this task I became a student and really felt what it was like to walk in my students shoes at the same time realising how the learning process works. In the beginning there is great enthusiasm and commitment and you give off 100%.   THEN..life takes over and commitments come in the way and … Continue reading Topic 4

Topic 3

Hi Everyone This topic really got me thinking about collaborative learning and teaching. Sometimes you get so involved with the planning and understanding about what is being discussed that we forget to take a step back and look at how is this going to be received by my audience, is it going to benefit them, … Continue reading Topic 3

Nostalgic!!!

Nostalgic?  Well, we have reached the finish line in our ONL course.  What a truly amazing journey it has been!!!  I was very apprehensive in the beginning.  I was concerned that I would not stay committed, given my work schedule and there were days when I just could not make it.  However, in keeping with… Continue reading Nostalgic!!!

Weeks 9 & 10 – ONL181…learning online design

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

Context is King

Photo by Valario Davis on Unsplash In this topic, our group tackled the issue of what needs to change in our teaching style and design when going from classroom style to blended or online learning. As I have written before, there are examples out there in the MOOC world in which not much is different—video … Continue reading Context is King

Lessons learned

Our ONL181 journey has come to an end…  I started out thinking that I would write about me, my adhd and the challenges that are related to teaching and learning in a digital world when you have adhd. In a way I have but I have also managed to explore other matters related to online… Continue Reading →

ONL181 – Topic 5 – Mapping the educational landscape of the digital age

It’s a magical world, Hobbes…let’s go exploring. (Bill Watterson) Summarising the last weeks is difficult and easy at the same time. First of all it is easy, because it was a fun, engaging and productive curriculum. The course sparked the interest to do more in this regards of open networked learning. But this is where the …

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Final Reflections

This week we have been summarizing our learning in the course and I think we are all a bit emotional about the course “ending” but one of the concepts remains at the forefront – personal learning network. I now have a new group of colleagues from diff…