This morning I read the two posts from Tracy Parish and David Kelly on how they work and thought it was a brilliant idea! The idea came from Life Hacker and if you want to see more stories, check them out here. So here’s mine… Location: Melbourne, Australia. Current Gig: Virtual Learning Consultant for one […]
#OCTEL Week 6 Timely and Effective Assessment
I feel as if I’ve been a bit late with this week’s assignment but also a part of me saw that it was about assessment and I’d be lying if I said I was happy about it. I know that assessment and feedback is critical in our field but in my experience in the corporate […]
Learning Design in Australia – Is It Mature Enough?
Today I participated as a panel member for the Learning Cafe webinar “Learning Design in Australia – Is It Mature Enough?” When I agree to do these things, whether it is speaking publicly or presenting to a small group or even online through webinars or virtual classrooms, I always have slight anxiety attacks. The heart […]
Week 5: Platforms and Technologies for #OCTEL
This week we had to reflect on Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory and answer the following questions: Reflect on whether you accommodate these learning styles in your teaching practice. Do the technologies you use help you achieve this? If so, how? Or do they hinder it? What tools relate to the quadrants of the diagram? Does the […]
Week 2: Teach the Web cMOOC
Mozilla Thimble Project with #TeachtheWeb I spent my Saturday afternoon in front of the PC (again) because my husband was watching the footy on TV. When the game is on, I clear out because it means obscenities being hurled at the umpires whenever any ball play goes against his football team. During these times, I […]
Week 4: Producing Effective and Engaging Learning Materials #OCTEL
This week was an interesting #OCTEL activity week that opened my eyes to some resources that I had otherwise not known about and which I could immediately apply to my workplace. The first activity was irrelevant for me as we had to look for a resource banks in the following sites and basically have a […]
Learning Design in Australia: Is It Mature Enough?
On Thursday 23 May at 12 -1:00 pm (AEST) I have been invited to be on the panel of a Learning Cafe webinar titled, “Learning Design in Australia: Is It Mature Enough?” The panel will explore various questions such as: What is the current Learning Design approach and process used in your organisation ? Have […]
Emotional Intelligence and Learning
It was an early start this morning when I greeted the new day with a coughing fit at 4:30am – the last remnants of a chest infection. However, I took the opportunity to write this blog post about a Lunch and Learn session I attended yesterday. We were invited to a session with Dr Ben […]
What I Learned In April
I cannot believe how quickly the months go by this year but in all honesty, I’m secretly thankful for it as it brings me closer to our overseas holiday! This month has been a bumper learning month for me. I started a new role with the Virtual Learning team that saw me help, assist and […]
Week 3: Designing Active Learning for #OCTEL
What was the last time you learned anything? I’d say I’m actually learning ALL THE TIME and to keep a track of it, I write monthly blog posts where I write down what I learned that month and how I have applied it to my work. You can read what I learned last month. This […]
Week 2: Understanding Learners Needs
This week in #OCTEL, it was all about the learners – but I wasn’t so sure. With a background in learning and development, understanding learner needs is not new to me. I’ve done many needs analyses in my life so it comes part and parcel when designing any course but my thinking was focussed on […]
Week 1: Drilling Into TEL Concepts and Approaches for #OCTEL
This week’s entry on reflections of Technology and Learning Concepts and Approaches for the OCTEL MOOC have been interesting. In particular one video about how dentists are trained to drill a tooth through the use of sophisticated simulations. I hate going to the dentist at the best of times. When I’m in the chair, my […]
Week 1: Introduction to #ocTEL
Just because I’m a sucker for punishment, I joined another 10 week cMOOC called Octel: The Open Course in Technology. (Actually, methinks I was on such a high with the Educational Technology MOOC #ETMOOC which recently finished that I just wanted to recreate that ‘buzz’ again). David Hopkin’s writes more about this course here. As […]
Making Social Matter
These three words exemplify our company’s social media strategy. Yesterday, a small group of us were invited to a tour and presentation of the National Australia Bank (NAB) Social Media Command Centre, a state-of-the-art facility that monitors the social media channels to gauge public reaction to the bank, it’s products and services. You can see […]
What I Learned in March
Where did this month go? I don’t know about you but does it feel like the months zip by? Some of you may know that I’m on the Michelle Bridges 12 week Body Transformation Program. Michelle Bridges is an Australian personal trainer and marketing guru who has transformed health and lifestyle in Australia. She is […]
Designing Learning in the Digital Age – Reflections Of the Day
The following post is a collection of notes and thoughts taken at the Designing Learning in the Digital Age workshop. ***************************************************************************** What do we mean by disruptive? Clayton M. Christensen, “Disrupting Class” mentions that we need education to be rebuilt. A. The Changing Learning Agenda: From formal to informal Mass to personalised learning Competitive to […]
What I Learned in February
February has been a busy month for me. Hectic actually. Besides the client work, I explored other contracts (inside and outside of my current organisation), as well as continued my professional development through various MOOCs and the Social Learning Centre UK. What I’ve noticed is I prefer my learning to have some immediate application to […]
How to Promote Twitter for Professional Development to Your Colleagues and Other Stuff
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and I’ve missed it. Now that my husband is out in town at the Linkin Park and Stone Sour concert, it was an opportune time to sit at my computer and finally get my thoughts down. I haven’t had time to reflect much on my work recently as […]
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Studying Children in Kindergarten
Last week I started another MOOC and in all honesty, between this #etmooc, #edcmooc, full-time job and family commitments, I’m struggling to squeeze it all in. However, true to my nature I do the best that I can and from what I’ve learned from MOOCs already is that, “don’t let them overwhelm you!” What has been […]
Slave to the Machines or the Crowd? – #edcmooc Reflections
I registered as a last minute afterthought for the e-Learning and Digital Cultures MOOC (#edcmooc) on Coursera a couple of weeks ago. I saw the stream of tweets of people excitedly looking forward to this MOOC and thought, “did I miss something?” Previously, I registered for the Fundamentals of Online Education and Planning (#foemooc) because it […]