Category Archives: Accredited

Building community… one step at a time

I’ve been giving community some thought over the past week, especially how to successfully construct it in an online environment, more specifically creating community with my peer learners on IDEL. During week 1 of IDEL when we were constructing community, I made a point of checking the participant’s contact details page regularly so that IContinue reading “Building community… one step at a time”

One third through IDEL – what have I learned?

So, #Ophelia has hit Ireland, the electricity has gone, laptop is tethered to my phone so good opportunity to write this week’s blog post without distraction! One of the things I love about IDEL is the requirement to keep a blog – no, not this one, but another one where I get lots of helpfulContinue reading “One third through IDEL – what have I learned?”

Reflections on IDEL Week 1

Well, the panic is over. I didn’t figure out Minecraft but I did manage to download it and set it up on my iPad. I’m keeping my mind open as to the learnings I will gain from it but for now I think I’ll just park it and focus on the course content that interestsContinue reading “Reflections on IDEL Week 1”

Panic stations!

This week’s blog should focus on Week 2 of the MOOC ‘Discovering Your PhD Potential: Writing a Research Proposal’ offered by the University of Leicester via FutureLearn, specifically applying a deductive approach to define a research proposal. Of course, I don’t have any research focus concrete enough to complete the activity but have thoroughly enjoyed theContinue reading “Panic stations!”

Stepping Stones

Reflecting on Week 1 of the MOOC ‘Discovering Your PhD Potential: Writing a Research Proposal’ offered by the University of Leicester via FutureLearn, I have given a lot of thought to the challenges involved in obtaining a doctorate. Time and cost are obvious ones but I need to give some thought to the more fundamental challengeContinue reading “Stepping Stones”

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?”