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….”

In this post I want to engage with the idea of what it means to participate online, and to unpack the notion of digital literacies. Most media scholars and quite a number of educators are familiar with the work of Henry Jenkins (2006), who coined the t…

Our group decided to focus on open rights instead of investigating on the scenario given. We explored and agreed on the five questions to be investigated. These five questions were (1) What do open rights mean for you? (2) What do you think are the benefits of open rights for educators? (3) What are theContinue reading “Reflection on topic 2: Open Learning: Sharing and Openness”

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…”

My colleagues did the ONL course last year and shared with me about the course contents. They were using terms such as blog, google drive etc.  The terms such as blog, google drive seems new to me and I had no idea of what they were talking about. I realised that technology has advanced veryContinue reading “Week One: Online Participation & Digital Literacies”

In the past weeks, I have begun dipping my toes into digital learning and collaboration. It’s still murky but I must say that it is less daunting now. The effort by the group (PBL13) – and the many people behind the scene tirelessly supporting us makes a world of difference. David White’s videos on digitalContinue reading “Musing over Topic 1: Online Participation & Digital Literacies”

Who am I as an individual in the digital age, and what characterizes your journey so far? I relate to being a Digital Native, despite having spent my formative years playing Hopscotch and frolicking at playgrounds. It wasn’t until secondary school (13-16 years old) that I got my own Sony Ericsson flip phone, and myContinue reading “Topic 1: Online Participation and Digital Literacies”

From where I am, the world seems to be spinning out of control – and understandably so. So much fear and anxiety – and for many, the risks and dangers of infection are very real. As I read and watched how governments, some more clumsily than others, attempt to erect walls against “the foreign virus,”Continue reading “Amidst the Covid-Mania”

This is the connecting week to ONL201 course and I am excited to embark on this journey with like minded members across the globe to learn and network. This will be the category assigned on my blog to follow my … Continue reading →

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