Lessons learnt – future practice I took part in the Open Network Learning for the first time. And I would say I was really surprised in a nice way. Actually if I would know that this course would be so intensive – I wouldn’t take part in it. Unfortunately I joined this course only on second topic. And it was very hard to understand everything and get to know. I was thinking even to give up. I am very thankful to our Lithuanian team, who really helped me and explained everything, and pushed me to continue. Therefore I could continue till the end. At the beginning I was like a passive attendee, while later on switched to more active. I liked seminars of our PBL13 group, where we could discuss. I even bought video camera for the computer and new headphones that I could not only listen but could talk and discuss with other colleagues too. In previous blog I wrote that I really liked the way how topics were presented, I liked webinars and our small meetings. It is good to have pra...
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Online and blended learning The world goes faster and faster nowadays. My grandparents learned at school only 4 years – just to be able to read and count. My parents learned at highschool too, but all lectures were listening and writing to the notebooks. The same my lectures went because there were only few hard books, while about internet we knew just little bit. When I started to give lectures to the students – I had one English book. I learned by myself English, translate parts of the book, made slides and give to the students, because students were very bad in English. Nowadays there are plenty of information – books and scientific papers, not necessarily hard copies, but e-approach. Therefore I understood that there is no need to recited books, rather give only clues for students and tasks for home works. Especially students they don’t like to sit and listen, they need actions, practice. I really liked your way to give all course. As well I liked that duration of t...
Learning in communities, networked I remember my collaborative learning only from high school, and it isn’t good memory, because as students we needed to do a common work in group of 4-5 students, while my colleagues worked at the same time and as usual there where no time, so, I had “more” time and I did almost all work alone… Because to work alone is much faster. While on other hand I remember how we revised for the higher mathematics exam: we were sitting at our houses, read our notes, and if something was not clear – calling by wired phone to each other and consulted. All night… Exam was successful! Later on I would say it was collaborative work rather than collaborative learning, as we started to write different projects: study and scientific ones. The first real collaborative work, from which I have learned a lot was when we created an international study program. I was a leader, but I had no practice on it. Therefore during that time we had many meetings, ...
Openness... If I create my own blog - I thought - I am already reached my digital literacy. However, I don’t find how can I create a new one post. And it takes so much time to go front and back… to find a solution what to do now, how to create it… my daughter is still to young to teach me that (7 years old)? After few years I believe she could teach me, but I can’t wait, I need to do my homework now. Openness… At school and still at university I was taught to be equal to each other, not to ask questions and to do everything by yourself. And we were shame to ask something if we don’t know or understand – what they will thing about us?.. And who is stronger (not always physically, but also who has higher positions in the work) – has more power. “Stronger” could take your work and use as their own… Maybe therefore many of us still are not opened in mind?