Session 2: Learning Resources and technologies -
Week 3 and Week 4 Reflections
In this session, we focused on online tools and
technologies, social media in higher education, Intellectual Property and
Copyright and Open Educational Resources.
I must say that I before this session, I had little
knowledge of open educational resources (OERs) and the different licenses
needed to make a resource open. I enlightened myself further on these through
my research online and also by taking the online course of understanding OERs
using Technology-enabled learning lounge.
Session 2 looked at the use of learning technologies, Web
2.0 tools and OERs etc. The technological tool I found to be useful for my
course was Facebook. All my students have accounts on Facebook and I generally
feel that by using a technology they know and are comfortable with, by making me
bit more approachable and real and by linking their classmates via the web, we
end up making the social interaction more engaging, interesting and meaningful.
The other
tools shared by the rest of the class was enlightening as well. Several of the
other tools mentioned by them include, Mindomo Desktop, Google slides, Flickr,
Animoto, GroupBoard etc. Most of them were completely new to me and from the
members discussions, I got to see how beneficial they are for their courses and
that I could also incorporate them in my course as well. Moreover,
for the first time ever, as part of the learning task 2, I created a video
about using Facebook as an educational tool and uploaded it on YouTube. You may
view this video at this link = https://youtu.be/iy1ObCt1vwo
Furthermore, the session had a discussion on OERs which
I think is the new direction for teaching in higher education. I got to explore
a plethora of various OER resources applicable to my field of teaching. With
Open access of teaching materials, educators and students are in for a treat to
make the learning experience meaningful, insightful and educational. I know for
sure how well these will be accommodated in my teaching career from now.
Thank you for reading.
Please feel free to comment.
Stay tuned for more reflections soon.
Have a blessed day
Cheers 😊
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