Hello Everyone!
Here are my final reflections on our journey through OLTD 505. I struggled with this last activity, as there was so much I wanted to try. As a result, I found myself scattered in my thinking, so I decided to go back over areas that I hadn’t had enough time to explore during prior weeks. I was surprised at how much more I learned and discovered (and how much I had missed)… although this shouldn’t really be surprising, given the affordances offered by the Web. Unfortunately, I ended up doing too much exploration and not enough creation (it’s funny how I can’t seem to get the right balance). Anyway, the following video isn’t flashy, fancy, or particularly creative, but it has helped me to consolidate a few of my takeaways from the discussions, videos, readings, and insightful comments that have lit up my notifications and feeds over the past six weeks. Feel free to fast forward or pause as needed!
Here are my final reflections on our journey through OLTD 505. I struggled with this last activity, as there was so much I wanted to try. As a result, I found myself scattered in my thinking, so I decided to go back over areas that I hadn’t had enough time to explore during prior weeks. I was surprised at how much more I learned and discovered (and how much I had missed)… although this shouldn’t really be surprising, given the affordances offered by the Web. Unfortunately, I ended up doing too much exploration and not enough creation (it’s funny how I can’t seem to get the right balance). Anyway, the following video isn’t flashy, fancy, or particularly creative, but it has helped me to consolidate a few of my takeaways from the discussions, videos, readings, and insightful comments that have lit up my notifications and feeds over the past six weeks. Feel free to fast forward or pause as needed!
My OLTD 505 Summary of Learning
Part 1
Below is a link to the PowerPoint Slide Presentation with live links (view in 'Present' mode).
Part 2
The following Thinglink (Open Education: Thinking, Working & Learning in the Open) evolved because Thinglink looked like a cool tool to try, so I had to create... again…
In Closing...
I’d like to say “thank you” for all the kind comments and mentions that I’ve received throughout OLTD 505. Each time I read one of your generous comments, I am overwhelmed by the inherent kindness of educators. We truly have a caring, sharing cohort. Yet, while I’ve felt the positive energy of support, I’ve also felt the wariness of self-doubt (this has been noticeable in the reflections and comments of others, and I’ve also felt it from within). From my experience, self-doubt seems be exhibited by many of us who journey into the ‘open’. (I wish I had saved the supportive emails from those encouraging me when I first ventured into the open). My point is, learning is a continuum, and it is the learning and progress that counts. It is inevitable that as our networked world progresses, the likelihood of learners starting at the same point in their learning journey is very slim. Therefore, in my opinion, sharing, collaboration, and collective knowledge will become increasingly important as we progress in this digital world, and we are only as good as the collective whole. It is the collaborative thinking and sense-making, and what we do with this collective intelligence, that really counts. As Sandra Dailey so eloquently noted in her last blog post, “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop” (Mother Teresa).
So, thank you Cohort 3 for supporting my thinking. I think we’ve done a great job of moving forward as a collective group, and I have no doubt that together we can demonstrate the positive results of contributing to the greater good. This contribution, I feel, is fundamental to open education and connected learning. Finally, a huge thank you to Dr. Alec Couros for his ability to intrigue, inspire, and motivate others to become better, not just for themselves, but for those around them, and for the generations depending on them to make good, ethical, and moral decisions with regard to navigating and contributing to the networked world. Thank you!
So, thank you Cohort 3 for supporting my thinking. I think we’ve done a great job of moving forward as a collective group, and I have no doubt that together we can demonstrate the positive results of contributing to the greater good. This contribution, I feel, is fundamental to open education and connected learning. Finally, a huge thank you to Dr. Alec Couros for his ability to intrigue, inspire, and motivate others to become better, not just for themselves, but for those around them, and for the generations depending on them to make good, ethical, and moral decisions with regard to navigating and contributing to the networked world. Thank you!
A Final Comment on Curation
As most of you have noticed, I have spent a great deal of time over the past few weeks researching and thinking about curation. I finally found a 30 second video clip that sums up nicely my concluding thoughts on this topic.
Curation: “It’s about inspiring people to make something, be something, think something, do something… to change themselves… so we just might change the world.” (Curation Is Not About Ownership)
Curation: “It’s about inspiring people to make something, be something, think something, do something… to change themselves… so we just might change the world.” (Curation Is Not About Ownership)
To My Amazing OLTD 505 Colleagues Who Dare to Dream
“You, you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”. Here's to making the world a better place to share.