Before I fell in love with design and academia, my first love (which is still present) is the world around me. I take delight in simply…

“Let me tell you why you’re here. You are here because you know something. What you know, you can’t explain. But you feel it.” – Morpheus…

An informal intro In academia there is a real problem with imposter syndrome, and that is exactly where I found myself almost 4 weeks…

This is young Melissa in her happy place – in front of the fire with the family dog, Karl. Being an 80s kid, my sister and I didn’t grow up with computers or the internet. Research for school assignments meant going to the library, finding a book, booking it out for a little while and […]

 1. Who are you as an individual in the digital age, and what characterizes your journey so far?Online I have been/can be many people. I have run multiple social media pages for companies across platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Th…

This week we first got to know our PBL groups and it was very informative and fun, it was really nice getting to see everyone’s different bits of their worlds, I enjoyed putting together the video and seeing and hearing everyone’s interesting facts and…

I am from South Africa and in this tumultuous time in history, it is a great opportunity to be able to contribute to a course that focus on being connected in a networked environment with fellow learners to share and learn. ONL221 means a great deal to me as it is important to be connected […]

It has been a busy month since I wrote my first blogs. It feels like only a week or two ago that I typed out those pages. And how much as changed since then. It appears the world is moving rate of several wow’s an hour. It feels like it hasn’t stopped….

I decided to take the scenic route to the shoot today, it was pretty. Like that kind of pretty where you almost drive off the road staring it’s so pretty. Maybe it was just different, somewhere I hadn’t been before. My brain was excited, it searched fo…

Someone once said “WRITE!” when I asked what I should do on a post one day… That was years ago, yet it stuck with me. Inside something shouted, it wanted to come out, it wanted touch the light and breathe fresh air. It sat there at the b…

“Knowledge is useless if you don’t share it,”  Michio Kaku What an enlightening journey ONL has been. From the concepts explored and the topics debated to the incredible PBL group I was so fortunate to be a part of. I was forced to reflect on my own role as an educator and my approach to … Continue reading Let Us Be Ripples →

“The threat of COVID-19 has presented some unique challenges for institutions of higher education. All parties involved—students, faculty, and staff—are being asked to do extraordinary things regarding course delivery and learning that have not been seen on this scale in the lifetimes of anyone currently involved.” Charles Hodges, et al. Before we jump into this … Continue reading Change is Messy →