Hafizah Osman

This is me …

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Hafizah Osman

A coach, a mentor, a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, a niece, an adult educator, a learning designer, and a lifelong learner. Like many of you, I wear many hats, some comfortably nestled within one another, others fighting to take centre stage. Learning reclaimed its prime spot in my life some four years ago when I took the plunge into adult education. I …

Creative Commons for Education

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Hafizah Osman

Google is to web search, as Kleenex is to facial tissue. In fact, having googled the answer myself, I found out that google, the verb, is a proper English term. It has been since 2006. according to this article on Wired.com. We appreciate the efficiency and accuracy of the Google algorithm to get us the resources we want. Next, we select the ones relevant to …

Time and Space for Online Learning: My Reflection

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

I honestly did not think I could make it to the end of ONL191, but I did and for that I am grateful to my facilitators Elaine and David and my group members, primarily Caroline, and Bengt, who unfortunately had to drop out due to his heavy workload. It has been a wild ride right from the start but happy that I stayed the course …

Time and Space for Online Learning: My Reflection

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

Lessons Learnt

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Hafizah Osman2 Comments

Our group has had our challenges in trying to keep it all together, but we have persevered and here we are at the end of the course. We compared an online or blended course to an orchestra, where the facilitator is the conductor, and learners are the musicians, each skilled in different ways, but all […]

Let’s strive for an ecosystem of learning, shall we?

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

What is online learning? What about blended learning? How does one design for one, or the other? Are they interchangeable? How does a flipped classroom fit into the picture? So many questions. And so many more answers. In case you missed my earlier blogs, my foray into online and blended learning started just under two years ago. It has been a very steep learning curve, …

Let’s strive for an ecosystem of learning, shall we?

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

Overcoming the challenges of designing and implementing online and blended learning

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Hafizah Osman3 Comments

The presentation we created discusses the following: practical guidelines to successful design of online or blended learning challenges to success strategies to overcome those challenges Feel free to browse. Thank you! PBL Group 07 Check out our work here

Cooperation vs Collaboration: Spot the difference

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

It has been whirlwind of activities for me on the professional, and personal front over the past month or so, making it a lot more challenging for me to keep up with my ONL work. But with the support of my group members and facilitators, I kept at it and I am where I am now, thankfully. Huge thanks to Elaine and David for the …

Cooperation vs Collaboration: Spot the difference

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

PBL G07: Collaborative Learning: Lessons Learnt

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Hafizah Osman1 Comment

This topic strikes a chord with all of us in G07, the challenges were very real for us. Through our research and discussions, we concluded that creating a sense of community for online learning is indeed one of the biggest challenges, but something that is so important to promote collaborative learning. Check out our work […]

Open or Not? Ask me again in a few years …

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Hafizah Osman

I’ve always thought of myself as a fairly open person. I’m open to new experiences, learning new things, and exploring new ideas. That said, I am also mindful of being too open – especially when it comes to sharing my personal life and sharing my private thoughts about contentious issues. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for open and intelligent debate, but these must …