With the hustle and bustle of life i.e. kids\u2019 activities and work obligations behind me today, I was able to sit down and look over my schedule for the course and realized that I did not post my \u201cGems to Remember\u201d from the virtual symposiums that I watched or participated in. So, here it is\u2026<\/p>\n
I really enjoyed the very informative and very thought-provoking virtual symposiums. The speakers were a wealth of knowledge and really kept my attention with their topics. I was really happy that the symposiums were recorded because this gave us all the ability to replay important points that we may have missed.<\/p>\n
As posed by Dr. Elizabeth Childs, there were three questions that I kept in mind throughout all the symposiums:<\/p>\n
When reflecting on the symposiums, these are my thoughts:<\/p>\n
As other members in my cohort have mentioned, there was a \u201ctheme of dualities\u201d that is quite evident. For me what stood out is our role as educators in the digital learning environment. Are we the facilitator\/collaborator or are we the expert as Dr. Hodson had stated in her session? Dr. Hodson had suggested that to be \u201cSM\/indfulness<\/strong>\u201d we, as educators, have to keep the following in mind:<\/p>\n \u201cYou need to be the expert\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou need to provide options\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou must be the most critical\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n When considering the idea of open education, an educator must be critical of the platforms and social media that will be introduced to the students; however, the educator must also be the collaborator\/facilitator in order to guide the learning, so the students don\u2019t go astray. As Dave Cormier said, \u201cpeople learn things that you never intended\u201d. Is this good or is this bad?<\/p>\n Paul Stacey states that in the digital environment, \u201copenness is affecting many different parts of education today\u201d in resources such as textbooks, curriculum material and publications of research which are all free. We should keep in mind the \u201c5 R\u2019s<\/strong>\u201d: Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix and Redistribute (Stacey, 2018) for open. He also states that data is \u201cFAIR<\/strong>\u201d (Free and Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). The bottom line is that the resources are collectively shared to a learning community.<\/p>\n The core values of open as Dave Cormier listed are: \u201cteamwork, trust, openness, respect and honesty\u201d. If we don\u2019t have these values, it would be difficult to build a learning community which would take the journey together. This is echoed by Trish Dyck who describes a successful team\/learning community as having open-mindedness, collaboration, common goals, good communication, trust and the feeling of safety. Thus, by establishing the trust and safety, by sharing thoughts openly and honestly, and by being authentic, we try to reduce the \u201cpsychological and communications space to be crossed\u201d as stated in Moore\u2019s Theory of Transactional Distance (Shearer, Gregg, Joo and Graham, 2014).<\/p>\n \u201cIt has never been more risky<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n to operate in the open.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It has never been more vital<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n to operate in the open.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 Martin Weller (2016) as cited by Catherine Cronin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Cormier, D. (2017, April). Intentional Messiness of Online Communities. In E. Childs (Chair), MALAT Virtual Symposium – Lay of the Land<\/em>. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.<\/p>\n Cronin, C. (2017, April). Open Culture, Open Education, Open Questions. In E. Childs (Chair), MALAT Virtual Symposium – Lay of the Land<\/em>. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.<\/p>\n Dyck, T. (2018, April). Key Success Factors for Virtual Teams.\u00a0In E. Childs (Chair), MALAT Virtual Symposium – Stories from the Field<\/em>. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.<\/p>\n Hodson, J. (2018, April). Navigating a Dangerous Landscape. In E. Childs (Chair), MALAT Virtual Symposium – Lay of the Land<\/em>. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.<\/p>\n Shearer, Rick; Gregg, Andrea; Joo, K. P.; and Graham, Kimberly (2014). “Transactional Distance in MOOCs: A Critical Analysis of Dialogue, Structure, and Learner Autonomy,” Adult Education Research Conference. http:\/\/newprairiepress.org\/aerc\/2014\/papers\/82<\/a><\/p>\n Stacey, P. (2018). Diversity, Equity, Inclusion \u2013 Building a Global Learning Commons. In E. Childs (Chair), MALAT Virtual Symposium – Lay of the Land<\/em>. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the hustle and bustle of life i.e. kids\u2019 activities and work obligations behind me today, I was able to sit down and look over my schedule for the course and realized that I did not post my \u201cGems to Remember\u201d from the virtual symposiums that I watched or participated in. 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