I was passionate about the knowledge that was going to be shared in the webinar as I had little experience building relationships with students in an online setting as well as in the sharing of knowledge and resources amongst educators. Although I could not attend the webinar, I interacted with the resources provided about the activity. Key takeaways I have from Dr. Brown’s webinar highlight the importance of fostering relationships in an online setting by creating opportunities for students to work collaboratively as well as by sharing your personal experiences with online learning and struggles.
Due to our limited word count, I create an infographic outlining the tools and resources I plan to utilize in my future.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop an awareness of the potential of human-centred learning in online and open learning contexts – Dr. Brown shared an abundance of online tools and structural design strategies that allowed me to dive deeper into my understanding of the importance of building strong and meaningful connections with students in open and distributed contexts.
- Critically reflect on and articulate concepts around modality, pedagogy, and access, including distributed and open learning theory, online and open learning history, privacy laws, online learning communities, open research, and open data – through interacting with the content provided about the webinar, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of how and why pedagogies in open and distributed learning contexts should be adapted for a variety of students, and how educators can collaborate and utilize online learning communities throughout their career.