Part of this week’s PACT homework involves digging into the national PD Framework (for all staff who teach in higher education). I love the ‘all staff‘ focus since it certainly helps with the identity crisis that regularly hits me – but that’s a post for another day since we have a 250 word limit onContinue reading “PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning”
Category Archives: 4. Professional Knowledge and Skills
Organising the chaos… hello Trello
In my newly created bullet journal I have a page dedicated to blog ideas for September. Regular readers will know that I currently only write two blogs per month but it’s a step in the direction of organisation and this post is about the first of those ideas, sharing how I’ve recently come to startContinue reading “Organising the chaos… hello Trello”
Reflections on participant observation – #SOCRMx Week 3
Okay, so the activity guidelines were quite specific: “Find a public space that interests you and spend a few hours (over a period of a few days, ideally) making some field notes about what you see going on. The following questions might be useful as a guide to your field notes: Where are you? – describeContinue reading “Reflections on participant observation – #SOCRMx Week 3”
Reflections on a case study – #SOCRMx Week 2
I’m sticking week 2 in the title even though it’s actually week 3 of #SOCRMx but I intend to be caught up and have my ‘homework’ done before week 3 ends. The focus group activity is “to review the following case study and reflect on the use of the focus group method.” ‘Review and reflect‘ IContinue reading “Reflections on a case study – #SOCRMx Week 2”
Thinking about social research methods – #SOCRMx Week 1
For me, this MOOC is less about my research topic (which really doesn’t exist just yet) and primarily about refreshing and enhancing my knowledge on the topic of social research methods itself. A secondary benefit is being part of a blog group that includes #MScDE students who are ahead of me in the programme andContinue reading “Thinking about social research methods – #SOCRMx Week 1”
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?”
Sandra Flynn 