Reflecting on my empathy phase in my human-centred design process I attempted to incorporate the feedback I received on my last blog. My colleagues all agreed that additionally to my survey I needed to contact my participants and conduct a face to face interview. Heck expressed “ I find that a written exercise does not […]
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Leaders on Managing Change in Digital Learning Environments
Change management, in a culture of rapid transformations, was the topic during three separate interviews with leaders in digital learning environments (DLE). Two of the three leaders came from the same organization, similarities in all three responses to change management were obvious. The results of the interviews created a five-step process in change management: advocate, […]
Personal Leadership
Leadership opportunities occur in many formal and informal settings. Workplaces seek leaders to motivate employees in an official capacity, but often leadership can happen situationally, without intention, within casual working groups. Regardless of the leadership situation, characteristics of leadership are not only determined through external processes such as a person’s perceived knowledge and experience, they […]
A continuing journey
Back in April I started contemplating my digital presence and identity. I understand my identity to be the different expressions of my myself, depending on which role I occupy. Online I want to be an educator, a professional who is passionate about children and their education. I came up with a plan to support the […]
Finding my audience in a digital world
Intending to examine my professional networks, I started by creating a visual map of the groups I belong to or have an affiliation with. My current workplace became the centre to which my groups connected and where I saw myself situated. I continued my visual reflection by adding the digital tools I introduced in my […]
How will I cultivate and support my digital presence?
Over the past few weeks I have engaged deeply in reflections on my role as educator in a digital world of learning, and my current use of technology as seen within a digital Visitor/Resident typology. I am now at a point where I want to ask myself: where do I go from here when I […]
How to embrace your educator identity in a digital world
I recently participated in a week-long symposium with presentations about mindful social media engagement, open education, and innovations in areas of global educational learning, to name a few. I was most interested in the connection between educator identity and the open learning concept, in particular when teaching in a digital learning community. During one of […]
My Digital Identity Map
Mapping my digital presence and use of technology was an interesting process. I knew I was using technology a lot. I made the assumption that through the simple use of online technology I had already established a resident identity. Looking at my map I discovered I lack terribly in the personal resident category. My only […]
