Monthly Archives: May 2010

Time for time

Time goes by very differently when you are learning online. Time takes on a different character in online space as opposed to everyday three-dimensional reality. This is something of an adjustment for the participant. I think the online learning facilitator … Continue reading

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Hitting the walls as a learning strategy

In one Moodle assignment we were given the restriction of working within a wiki without access to the forum. It’s a different experience when you are doing this in an LMS and you see challenges and affordances of the wiki … Continue reading

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Wiki-in-a-blog

In our online learning course activity, two of us were responsible for a wiki-development activity where the class brainstormed ideas about adult learners and the barriers and affordances of online learning. This is the final page that was developed by … Continue reading

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Other course blogs

Two items that jumped out at me in others’ course blogs. First, Lindsay remarked on the incredible array of tools available for engaging in online learning. This diversity of resources can be quite overwhelming, both for participants and for designers … Continue reading

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Early reflection

Just getting into this course in the learner’s shoes is an extremely valuable exercise and I recommend it for everyone. As I work through the course I find it takes a lot of cognitive RAM to keep in mind the … Continue reading

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Mini session planning ISWO project

This is a reflection on a learning activity designed for the ISWO course project. Here is how our team can work toward our own learning outcomes for Unit 2: Theories of adult learning Identify the appropriate models/approaches and have rationales: … Continue reading

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Getting started

What better place to start a blog on “learning beyond the walls” than now. What do I mean by that? Well, I’m taking an online course from Royal Roads University called Instructional Skills Online Workshop. Because much of my work … Continue reading

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