Reflection on Topic 5: Lesson Learnt: Future Practice
- Time passed by very quickly and before I knew it, the course was over. I learnt to make friends from different countries, learning different cultures. Also learnt to relax by finding out how we were the precious weeks before proceeding to discuss our topic for the week. I also learnt to be accommodating with one another and to take over the work of another member when an individual is not able to do due to crisis. In this way, we were able to publish our work on time.
- It was an intensive 12 weeks course and I learnt how to discipline myself to keep pace with prior readings, and attending webinar for the topic . Also to do my homework before meeting my group members so that I can participate actively.
- During the course, I experienced what OpenNetworked Learning is all about and acquired knowledge of online participation and digital literacies, the benefits and challenges of open learning in education, concepts of collaborative learning related to networked online spaces and design for online and blended learning.
- I faced several challenges during the course. First, I struggled many hours to learn the different tools, such as how to upload what I have written on my google drive so that my group members can viewed it via our PBL group google drive. Up till today, I still cannot figured out how to do it. In the interest of time, I shared with them via their e-mail. Second, I had to depend on my course mates to help me to type in my contribution to mind-map, Prezi because I do not have the luxury of time to learn during the course. Lastly, the Covid-19 situation was at its peak in my country and I am heavily involved in the crisis and it was very challenging to juggle between the demand of work and the course.
- For my future practice, I will be using some of the knowledge that I learnt in this course and apply it designing, implementing and evaluating online blended learning. Also, I would like to share learning by keeping in touch with members of my PBL group via the Whatapp that we have created for the course.
