Learning reflections
So what did I learn during the first weeks in Topic 1?
- Be patient!
As a beginner it has taken a lot of time only to understand where on the web sites I’ll find the right information for the subjects.. Now i’m getting to understand better.
- The PBL method is almost like what I’ve done before so it’s kind of familiar..
- It’s new to work together in a group in the same documents via Zoom, but it’s nice to meet all the group members as we slowly get to know each other! Every one is nice, polite and helpful! Unfortunately we miss three group members that have dropped out. That makes it feel a bit heavier for the rest of us. Sharing and upload documents is tricky as I’m not used to Google Docs… (Our school children’s’ every day business..) – which leads me to the Digital literacy…
- I found an EU test for that: DigCompEdu,(European Commission 2019) which diagnosed me to be an Integrator!
I experiment with digital technologies in a variety of contexts and for a range of purposes, I try to use them in my different professions and I try to learn more. To step up my level I’m recommended to get some more time for reflection and adaption, collaborate and exchange knowledges with others. That’s what we are doing in this course, so.. hopefully I will proceed?
As you can see, I’m still quite preoccupied with the “physical use” of the different digital arenas.
It was interesting to hear David White and read about the discussions about digital literacy as I mostly feel like a visitor in social media. I quite seldom write my statement or private emotions. It might be a question of fear to make at least political statements as we actually make our digital footprints… I’m more of a reader/follower. One must not forget that for some (many?) people it is very stressful always be overwhelmed of information like texts on the phones, Whats app, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Messenger, Linked in, Snap chat, e-mails- in private, school and work, etc… and you are expected to answer ASAP. I think it has really affected ours and our children’s brains- because of a constant comparison with others, it comes out as depression and a lack of self-confidence. We all need to learn to switch off the flow sometimes.
It makes me turn the angle to be a student and to be a student in this excellent course. I realize how important it is for me and then for our students to get clear information of how and where to find information needed for certain courses. It’s very time consuming to learn how to use different digital “instruments”. We need to spare the students’ study time. We also need to accept that the students will use lots of different digital tools no matter what we advise them to do- we can only try to teach them how to choose their tools. (Pedagogiaayandragogia 2016)
In one of my formal groups of belonging- in the clinical ward at the health centre, many of my colleagues seldom open their work e-mail and don’t know how to ad a Word document to a mail post. They will also be my students! It’s important to understand the great variation of digital competence within the student group.
References:
DigCompEdu self-assessment tool. The European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators, https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu/self-assessment, Accessed 2019-10-13
Pedagogiaayandragogia, What is Digital Pedagogy? https://sites.google.com/site/pedagogiayandragogia2016/digital-pedagogy , Accessed 2019-10-13
