All too soon, I feel, the course has come to an end. I’m afraid I was not at my best in the last few weeks, as I suffered a tragedy in the family, and am still recovering from it. For this, I apologise to my team PBL08, for my absences and subpar performance. I must thank Gunnar especially, who took up a lot of the slack when we were co-leading Topic 4. I am very grateful for my team-mates and facilitators, who gave me a great deal of food for thought, camaraderie and sharing of experiences.

It will take me a bit of time to entirely absorb and internalise what I have picked up over these weeks, including the tools, concepts and perspectives shared by other course participants and speakers. But there are already some things I have made plans to bring into my work as a librarian, and to share with my colleagues.

The webinars, tweetchats and PBL meetings have given me some insights into the pain points and experiences of faculty, for both teaching and research. It can be difficult to to discover these pain points from the faculty in my own university, as I do not often have the opportunity to audit classes and the faculty are often too busy to discuss with us librarians their problems and issues.

One major issue that came up simultaneously during my own work and during the course was about copyright and plagiarism, which professors in my university were very concerned about. Education has evolved to a point where there are many grey areas where it is difficult to for laymen to ascertain if something is legal or not. For instance, for content that have Creative Commons licenses that are NC (Non Commercial), would it be legal to use them for education? What if the faculty is teaching an executive education course? Or if it for an online course that requires payment? These are questions that have come up during my workshops co-conducted with a law librarian colleague from participants, and also food for thought during the Open Education topic.

Also for copyright, what if one’s research output has been used without permission? This issue came up during the Open Education webinar, and also during my copyright workshops. This has made me realise that researchers and professors do need and would like to have guidance on these issues which may have great impact on their careers. We are now reaching out to our unversity’s legal advisors to see if a workshop or seminar of some kind can be arranged to provide clearer advice for these type of copyright issues.

One of my portfolios internally is to introduce, share and guide fellow librarians through online teaching tools, from various functionalities of Zoom, to recording videos using Powerpoint or Canva, to interactive tools such as Kahoot, Padlet and Poll Everywhere. This course has expanded my knowledge of online tools used for presenting and collaboration, and I’m keen to share these with my colleagues in the future. Generally I check a couple of websites for alternatives to online tools, as often free tools may no longer be free, or go offline. Generally I check out a few sites that offer reviews and alternatives to different softare, such as Alternativeto, G2 and Capterra, but nothing beats having someone actually try something out and show you.

I am infinitely grateful for this opportunity to learn and share with people from different coutnries and cultures, allowing me broaden my perspectives on online learning, and I hope that I also was able to provide a few insights of my own that would be helpful to others.