Andrea Korens

Focusing energy

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Andrea Korens

Whenever I meet with my group, I feel inspired, refreshed, energized. It’s exactly what I was hoping for, but I don’t have the time to devote myself as much as I’d like – and it leaves me wondering what on earth I’m doing with my time. These days it’s 2-4 evening meetings a week, plusContinue reading “Focusing energy”

Collaboration, Facilitation, Safety

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Andrea Korens

For the past two weeks I have been facilitating topic 2 – Openness and Sharing – with my partner. I am trying to spin the swirling threads into some cohesive meaning. In my work, I approach projects with a need to tie them up with a bow. My work begins with an anticipated arrival, itContinue reading “Collaboration, Facilitation, Safety”

What was the topic, again?

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Andrea Korens

A whirlwind couple of weeks, in our first ONL topic – I had to look it up to refresh my memory: Online Participation and Digital Literacies. In some ways I felt like I lost sight of the topic as we navigated new collaborative relationships and figured out a new tool… in other words, while weContinue reading “What was the topic, again?”

Systems, lifeworlds, and sacrificial lambs

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Andrea Korens

When we make things out of fabric, we know the strengths and limitations of the material and work with them. Even more interesting, we turn the limitations into strengths. We emphasize linen’s creases and felt the wool. The other day I read about Orsola de Castro’s take on clothes moths – she leaves a ‘sacrificialContinue reading “Systems, lifeworlds, and sacrificial lambs”

Systems, lifeworlds, and sacrificial lambs

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Andrea Korens

Strange Crochet

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Andrea Korens

Our ONL group has named itself Strange Crochet, I am naturally rather pleased and I love working in metaphor besides. I must figure out what strange crochet means to me. I found this clunky quote, which was rattling around in the back of my mind: “The educational achievement is not to make the strange seemContinue reading “Strange Crochet”

Strange Crochet

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Andrea Korens

Gentle Accountability

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Andrea Korens

My mending guild meets every 2nd Wednesday at 7pm. We go through our piles of fallen hems and missing buttons, strategizing moth holes and worn knees. Sometimes we learn a new technique together, and sometimes the life that happened in those garments weaves its way through the conversation. Though we are only scheduled to theContinue reading “Gentle Accountability”

Gentle Accountability

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Andrea Korens

My best first blog post

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Andrea Korens

I’m prompted to start a blog, again, again. I’ve joined the current offering of Open Networked Learning, which requires a web log. Luckily, I can put aside the last few blogs, tuck away the past me, and start fresh. Of course the current me and the past me have a few things in common, includingContinue reading “My best first blog post”