Practically Speaking

So I want to take an introductory course on oil spill response operations, and take it from a super boring 2 hour classroom lecture to an engaging and active online course - and then ask a bunch of "let's get our hands dirty" type of students to sit in front of a computer to complete [...]

Creating Community

Here's a little video I made, about community in online courses: https://biteable.com/watch/embed/community-2181635 Community on Biteable.

Instructor Presence and Community

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlOxbA_axgI   I've watched this video so many times. I want to be a "designer, a facilitator, a leader of learning"... what a wonderful and inspiring way to look at instructor or teaching presence in online learning. I'm challenged by how to create the sort of presence that is considered to be so ideal in [...]

Bloggin’ on Blogs

(header image from here) So before I began writing this post, I honestly thought I only read one blog (a surprisingly smart and investigative blog on celebrity gossip). I was all, yeah blogs are cool but I don't really read them. I read those other types of website with continually updated, reverse chronologically posted content... oh [...]

A Quick Update

  Hello everyone! If you are looking for new updates / posts - I've added my stuff from the elearning Certificate at VCC under the section "Principles and Processes in eLearning". Click on the link to see what I've been up to - including my first ever vlog! https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYM0GQHXEC/?taken-by=annedoozle

Sesame Street and Janelle Monae FTW!

So a couple of months back I posted on Carol Dweck, and the power of the word "yet". Turns out Sesame Street was all over it. https://youtu.be/XLeUvZvuvAs

My Personal New Year

I'm almost finished the coursework portion of the Provincial Instructor Diploma Program.  Once I am finished Professional Practice, I will have one class left, and then just the Capstone Project. I'm also about to have a birthday, which is my favourite opportunity to reflect and then look forward.  New Year's shmew years.  This is my [...]

I Wanna Get Better

I feel like I have been faced with the task of examining my commitment to lifelong learning a few times during my program now.  I think the goal is to recognize the importance and value of continual professional development, even when it is hard or expensive or maybe even a bit of a blow to [...]

Risky Business

Something cool happened a couple of days ago.  I was setting up my workshop room to do a lesson on "Learning from Mistakes" (specifically, at work). A reminder; I work with at risk youth, and the program that I work within teaches job search, job readiness, and job maintenance skills. Anyway, the lesson that I [...]

“Nerdy Little Curiosity Machines”

Love it. https://youtu.be/6dluwVks444