Lurking in Learning?

On social media, the idea of having ‘friends’ lingering around, reading and gossiping about your online behaviour may be interpreted as not being appropriate. Even more without interacting back, without reacting by messaging back or simply liking your posts might seem awkard, non fitting for a person with the status of ‘friend’.

Online Learning

Educators need professional development to support changes in content delivery, such as online learning. Although a few early adopters self-manage their professional development, a systematic approach is necessary to develop the skills of all educators and their understanding of how technology can be embedded in the learning process. This applies to both educators in compulsory […]

Crowd funding, Crowd sourcing …Crowd learning!

The wisdom garnered collectively is powerful. How can educational settings use such power for learning? Isn’t this encapsulated in the 21st century skills? Few years back I coordinated a Comenius project with various European schools. As part of the work done. a cohort of around 180 students (whole Form 1 population) worked on a research […]

Personal Online Automation

In recent months, online services such as IFTTT (if this then that) and Zapier have been gaining in popularity. Such tools enable automation of tasks where popular online services are made to connect together. Their simplicity and wide number of online services that can be connected make them a lucrative addition to the personal online […]

Online Educator – boundaries or no boundaries?

Last November, the first edition of the National Digital Literacy conference was successfully organised. Representatives from various entities held various presentations helping participants focus on this year’s theme; Positive usage of internet. A source of debate was the boundary which an educator should set for himself when online. During the conference, our key speaker, Mr […]

Week 13 14 – A3a: Reading Vignettes

Six key themes could be identified from the data available from several courses: Utility and ease of use are key factors in the appreciation of ICT tools provided by the course The relevance of ICT tools to the work context can fuel study commitment ICT elements in courses introduce a practical element into study, which […]