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Reflective learning, reflective practice – what else but a reflection!

I’ve been reflecting quite a bit these past few weeks, both personally and professionally. This month’s post marks the three year anniversary of launching my reflective journal, which has since evolved into my learning portfolio. I wonder if in three years time I will be reflecting on my PhD viva? Only time will tell.

Learning online to teach online – openly of course!

Note: This post was originally published on OpenTeach.ie I first came across OpenTeach in October 2019 as I browsed through the World Conference on Online Learning programme scheduled to take place in Dublin early in November. I knew that if I were to attend it would only be for one day and while the attractionContinue reading “Learning online to teach online – openly of course!”

The challenge of “remaining current” part 2 – “Ultimately, it’s all about community”

As promised in Part 1 of this short series, this post considers the Community of Inquiry framework from Garrison, Anderson and Archer (1999), in my opinion another important model for online teaching and learning. However, in the two weeks since my last post I have been pondering on community. Interested, then please read on. BrouwerContinue reading “The challenge of “remaining current” part 2 – “Ultimately, it’s all about community””

The challenge of “remaining current” part 1

A couple of months ago I created a placeholder for a future post with this title. I drafted a few notes with the idea of expanding the traditional notion that for teachers “remaining current” meant keeping up to date with our knowledge area / domain (replace with your preferred term). I was particularly interested inContinue reading “The challenge of “remaining current” part 1”

Reflecting on collective forms of learning

Last month our cohort moved into year 2 of our structured PhD in e-research and technology enhanced learning where our current module focuses on networked learning, teaching and assessment. There have been some interesting discussions over the last three weeks, most recently focusing on individual, cooperative, collective, collaborative learning and more. One of the questionsContinue reading “Reflecting on collective forms of learning”