Featured image courtesy of Pixabay Our module has come and gone, assessment work has been graded and it’s time for reflection. By that I mean my own reflection since I’ve completed reviewing your submissions and that’s the topic of this blog post. At the start of the semester we struggled with dynamic interaction but IContinue reading “An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2017/18”
Category Archives: 1. The Self
Lessons from the year that was 2017
It seems that reflecting on the year that has passed is something that bloggers do, but I don’t consider myself a blogger (yet!). Nevertheless, here are a few lessons that I’ve learned from 2017 and will use to guide me in 2018. They are not, however, New Year resolutions…. Time is a precious commodity, spendContinue reading “Lessons from the year that was 2017”
Applying ‘critical thinking’ to learning?
This week’s blog post was intended to be a personal reflection of the Coursera MOOC Learning to Teach Online that my University of Limerick colleagues (both module leaders and moderators, current and aspiring) might consider when pondering their own continuing professional development. However, this week’s content on my IDEL course is all about critical thinking, criticalContinue reading “Applying ‘critical thinking’ to learning?”
IDEL – roll on, I think?
3 weeks and counting to the start of my first course in Digital Education! It’s a double credit course so should keep me out of trouble for the autumn semester. Then all I have to do is get through one more semester for a postgrad cert, another two after that for a postgrad diploma. AsContinue reading “IDEL – roll on, I think?”
Digital Education – so what?
Having written a few blog posts at this stage it’s probably time to remind myself of the reasons for creating a blog in the first place. A question recently put to me is worth addressing as part of this post “what are your initial thoughts on digital education and what interests you about it?” First andContinue reading “Digital Education – so what?”
To MOOC or not to MOOC?
As my handle suggests, I consider myself to be an eternal student, a life long student of learning if you will. Now that I have retired from a pressurised day job I’m in a position where I can focus on my own learning and continuous professional development in the hope of passing it along toContinue reading “To MOOC or not to MOOC?”
Sandra Flynn 