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: Domains
To flip or not to flip?
I first came across the concept of the Flipped Classroom when I took a Coursera MOOC last summer called Learning to Teach Online. While the term was new to me, the concept was not, since in a classroom environment where materials are made available to students via a learning management system (LMS) surely students areContinue reading “To flip or not to flip?”
Technology is not our enemy…
… but it takes investment to learn how to use it wisely. It’s a couple of weeks since I last posted and I’ve been busy with lots of things but mostly reading, reading and more reading. Looking back at my last post when I made the statement that forms the title of this post I thoughtContinue reading “Technology is not our enemy…”
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”
Drawing #mscidel stepping stones to a close
The IDEL journey has been foggy and misty at times but overall it’s been an excellent experience, forging new connections with cohort peers, tutors and the wider #mscde community, overcoming my fear of Twitter, learning how to write (not critically enough mind you!), freedom to read widely (yet critically), critically analyse my MOOC participation, learningContinue reading “Drawing #mscidel stepping stones to a close”
Drawing the #mscidel Twitter week to a close – what have I learned?
Last week was certainly an interesting week with the most intensive tweeting I’ve ever been involved in and this is reflected in the various numbers… Impressions, engagements, likes, retweets – in a nutshell, tons (well, perhaps not tons exactly) of data to tell my Twitter story of the week. Is the story an objective oneContinue reading “Drawing the #mscidel Twitter week to a close – what have I learned?”
Sandra Flynn 