Springtime in the global north…My garden is brimming with life – snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils and budding trees – all new and fresh. It feels good that Spring has sprung! Not only is it springtime, it’s ONL time! How wonderful to be back. I’m enjoying connecting with old friends and new and I’m so looking forward … Continue reading 2019 Beginning to Blog Again

Hello everyone! I made this post while manning the ONL helpdesk. A participant dropped by to ask how to add images to her new blog and the only way we could figure it out for sure was to go and create something. Looks like we made a nice coffee 🙂 Often essential to the learning! … Continue reading Hello

Image CC0 at http://www.pixabay.com A note about the image -this frog could be me. She has kept her head above water (just about) and the butterfly represents my thoughts as shaped by ONL161. The butterfly is ready to take flight, just as I am preparing to put my thoughts into action as we take our … Continue reading Overall Reflection

Topic 3, Collaborative Learning and Topic 4, Mobile and Flexible Learning Brindley et al addressed collaborative learning and outlined ten factors for success. Interestingly, being graded for collaboration wasn’t one of them. The following are the main factors that matter: Clarity of expectations, instructions, a task that is suitable for group work, a task that … Continue reading Collaborative Learning – No Man is an Island

The topic of OER took me back a few years. It got me thinking about the time my then employer decided to create a new course to train language teachers. Everyone on the team was very excited about the possibilities and we talked at length about who our students would be, what their needs were, … Continue reading Open Educational Resources…making the impossible possible.

  There are so many aspects to digital literacies it’s no wonder that it’s plural!  The well known Jisc infographic, ‘seven elements of digital literacies’ captures a lot, except perhaps, that these literacies need to be taught. The myth of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants has been well and truly busted by David White with … Continue reading Digital Literacies