This post includes content to support my recent teacher professional learning workshop, which I gave as a part of the St Rita’s Remarkable Women conference. You’ve seen the words bandied around in the media: fake news, post-truth, alternati…
Managing a professional digital identity: A challenge for connected professionals
Every interaction we have online leaves indelible traces which are often referred to as our digital footprint. It is the data created by “what you’ve said, what others have said about you, where you’ve been, images you’re tagged…
Navigating the network for quality, credibility and authenticity: A challenge for connected professionals
On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog… via GIPHY It’s funny because it is true. When engaging with professional learning through your PLN, it is essential to have the capacity to quickly and effectively evaluate information and r…
Effective time management: A challenge for connected professionals
Anyone who has spent anytime engaging with social networks and the internet in general will know of its addictive qualities. Whether it is endlessly scrolling through photos on Instagram, reading Tweets as they pop up during your favourite reality tele…
Managing infowhelm: A challenge for Connected Professionals
Initiating and maintaining a Personal Learning Network (PLN) can be an incredibly exciting, rewarding and very effective way to engage with professional learning. However, learning mediated by social networks is not without its challenges. This post is…
Challenges for Connected Professionals: The shadow-side of the PLN
When you speak with teachers who maintain a Personal Learning Network (PLN) for professional learning, most of them wonder how they ever lived without it. Being able to tap into the global ‘hive mind’ to seek inspiration, new pedagogical ap…
Don’t believe what you see – digging deeper for the truth
Feature image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay We live in a world that is mediated by technology. Every morning we wake up and check our phone for the latest news and updates from friends. We make a cup of coffee and sit down in front of a screen t…
Understanding teaching quality
A subjective and non-exhaustive summary of the first QUINT conference ‘Analysing Teaching Quality: Perspectives, Principles, and Pitfalls’ (Oslo, 18-20 June).
Linking, Stretching and Amplifying at the National Education Summit in Brisbane
In this post, you will find an overview of my presentation which I gave at the National Education Summit in Brisbane, where I presented in the Capacity Building, School Libraries Strand. To give you a summary of my presentation, here is the abstract de…
NASA Makes Entire Media Library Publicly and Copyright Free
NASA Makes Entire Media Library Publicly and Copyright Free
Lessons learned – future practice (#HP621A)
Suggested themes for reflection on module 5: 5.1 What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in this course? Why? -I’m still interested how agency and self-evaluation can be combined with shared responsibility and P2P-review. This is to me a good way for training skills in metacognition and using design… Read more »
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…
Can’t see play for all the games?
Some thoughts about play and games after a week of conference in Trondheim.
Design for online and blended learning (#HP621A)
Suggested themes for reflection in your learning blog: 4.1 Reflect on your current practice and reason about possibilities for development of online and blended learning designs. -I have often taken the approach of Distributed Cognition (Hutchins) and Connectivist MOOC (Downes). This line of thought also investigate the concept of rhizomatic knowledge and community as curriculum… Read more »
Include conference at Karlstad University
Yesterday and today, the Include conference takes place at Karlstad University. I have the opportunity to talk about open education as an opportunity for social inclusion. In my presentation, I will first very quickly go through what open education is, its roots and what open movements it is related to. Secondly, I will highlight some […]