Mc² = E Learning Reflections

This time last year I remember posting about  how I wanted 2022 to be different.  Well, it didn't disappoint.  I learned a lot, I changed a lot and I grew stronger.  Some people who were on this journey with me, changed direction and carried on their own way.  Others have stayed with me and accompanied my along the way and others still have joined me my adventure.  Other times, I changed direction because I took the time to recognise that I didn't want to go to the same places as other people.  And while, from time to time I miss their company, their destination simply wasn't the same as mine and I hold no ill feeling about that.    A friend of mine reminded me that "to everything there is a season" and seasons change - it's natural.   ( " The seasons are changing. " by  Bernard Spragg  is marked with  CC0 1.0 .). Have you ever though  of yourself as seasonal?  I hadn't but I'm starting to realise that some ...

Starting my journey as a post graduate researcher has been something of a shock to the system.  It's changed the way I see myself and may change the way others see me in time.  But a question I get asked all the time is, "Why? Why would you devote such large proportions of your time to a Doctorate?  It's a big commitment and it's expensive."   All of that is true.   (" Why? " by  BuzzFarmers  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 .) The answer lies in my research.  I'm planning to look at the impact of hybrid learning and hybrid pedagogy.  But I don't want to investigate the impact on the student-teacher relationship - there's already a lot of work going on in that area.  My interest relates to the impact of hybrid learning and hybrid pedagogy on the teacher-teacher relationship within educational communities of practice.  I was struck recently by a tweet where the author commented that, "Online learning has no imp...