We had our final meeting and thought to write out our appreciation to our group facilitators on Padlet. For a few of us in the group, Padlet was an entirely new tool which we learnt about during ONL201. We experimented with it and got used to using it over the course of the 12 weeks,Continue reading “Final Thoughts…Seeing through the Eyes of the Learner”

I have to admit that I have never thought *overtly* about PRESENCE in the classroom. Like many, I have been trained to work on instructional design, which means I am mostly consumed by designing my modules to ensure that students are able to “learn” the content by the end of the semester. Each weekly topicContinue reading “Becoming a Convert – on Presence & Blended Learning Part 1”

Some years back my institution embarked on what seemed like a radical experiment (it wasn’t that radical actually but it appeared so at the time)😊. They wanted to create a truly multi-disciplinary module that would have three teachers, team-up, to provide a multi-disciplinary take on a wicked real- world problem. This sounded like an excellentContinue reading “To team-teach or not to Team-teach that is the question….”

I was asked to read up and reflect on open access education. In the course of reflecting on it, I realized that “open access education” is in fact quite a strange thing for me to internalize as an educator within an institutional setting. I realized quite quickly that many of us are not as openContinue reading “Higher Education is not [yet] Open….”

I have been trying to find the time to sit and write this page over the past weeks. The first step as they say is the hardest. And when it comes to typing my thoughts down, it seems I am struggling with more then time…. Yet, I find myself in a new reality these days.Continue reading “The first step is the hardest…”

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step – Lao Tzu This is the first post on my new blog. Never thought I would blog and let out the many little thoughts in my head…but then why not? Life and learning is always a journey and if we can’t embrace newContinue reading

I’ve long been passionate about education. I come from a family of teachers and from the earliest time, I’ve wanted to be a teacher. My mom and aunt – who were teachers – used to bring me to their schools so I could watch them teach. My life changed course because of amazing teachers whenContinue reading “So this is me…”