Blogs – looking back at my own blogs, I can see that I have developed from a sceptical, scared individual with lots of doubts into an individual that is now thinking positively about online learning and blended learning.  I don’t feel the same about writing the blog – it is still painful and I am … Continue reading Topic 5: Lessons learnt

It was the first time that I heard of the concept of a ‘community of inquiry’ (CoI) in Topic 4.  By mistake, I Googled ‘community of enquiry’ (CoE) and came across two definitions for CoE:  The first is from thinkingspace ( w w w . t h i n k i n g s p … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning – being present

We spent two weeks on the topic ‘learning in communities’.  For the last three days I was debating what to put in my blog.  To my surprise, the more I think about the topic, the more I realise that I know very little, and some issues are confusing.  Was I a social loafer these past … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities – another C: confusion

In a naïve way I always thought open learning is simply a process of allowing your students to access a common platform where they would find course resources and a chat room. I did use my friend Google to look at the structure of similar courses, and if I found a good open resource I … Continue reading Topic 2 – What is open learning? How to find my four C’s.

T1E1:  Going into the course – (thoughts before we start Topic 1) As I am starting this course, I go in with a little bit of apprehension.  Actually to be truthful huge apprehension.  I have various questions, doubts and thoughts:  A lot of pressure is put on us as educators.   So where do I find … Continue reading Topic 1 – Online participation and digital literacy