I completed the online learning questionnaires for Penn State, San Diego, and Illinois. I found they sought to assess the following common areas: technical skills commitment willingness to participate availability preferred mode of delivery I think such questionnaires serve a purpose, because they help people decide whether online learning is right for them. I feel […]

I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago, and only just realised I uploaded it to the wrong blog!! I chose to listen to Eric Mazur’s keynote, on how he has used peer instruction in the lecture theatre. It immediately struck a chord in terms of the ‘ah ha’ moments as Eric dubbed them, […]

I chose to search Merlot from the list of “official” sites and You Tube from the open list.  I searched both of these using the phrase “information literacy”.  I hadn’t used Merlot before and found it easy enough to search, but a lot of the resources I found were codes of practice, protocols, competency standards, […]

I chose to search Merlot from the list of “official” sites and You Tube from the open list.  I searched both of these using the phrase “information literacy”.  I hadn’t used Merlot before and found it easy enough to search, but a lot of the resources I found were codes of practice, protocols, competency standards, […]

I’m one of the #ocTEL participants who only manage to dip in and out of the course from time to time, despite the best intentions I didn’t find my focus. BUT: it’s a bit like a treasure trove. Whenever I dip in I find something fascinating. This morning it was a post by someone called […]

I’m one of the #ocTEL participants who only manage to dip in and out of the course from time to time, despite the best intentions I didn’t find my focus. BUT: it’s a bit like a treasure trove. Whenever I dip in I find something fascinating. This morning it was a post by someone called […]