Mc² = E Learning Reflections

I don't know how often I've tried drafting and redrafting different versions of this post because, I try to use my blog as a space where I can collide different thoughts, ideas and experiences in an effort to find out something new.  In doing so I find myself asking the question: "How authentic is this?  Are you being honest with yourself?  Are you being honest with your readers?  So, I find myself adopting different voices. ( " Speak up, make your voice heard " by  HowardLake  is licensed under  CC BY-SA 2.0 .) Sometimes I find myself using the objective, scientific voice.  Like the kind you might find in Critical Incident Analysis (Tripp, 1993 as cited by Mohammed, 2016) where you step out of yourself and out of the situation and look at it from an observers standpoint and by relating the context of the situation to literature and knowledge you arrive at some transformational realisation (Szenes et al., 2015).   Other times I try to ve...

  I was in a seminar a few weeks ago and we were discussing the Researching Professional Development Framework (RPDF) developed by Vitae.  And I have to say I was skeptical, but I've found it to be a really useful tool for helping me to reflect on my research as part of my broader professional development.  (I've included a link in the references before for anyone who wants to find out more).   So as part of that reflection I was thinking about what's been happening recently and how can I connect my activities with the RPDF.  But one of the areas in the framework that I've been concerned about is, "Building Your Resilience".  As a teacher and on a personal level this is something I've really struggled with in the past.  When teaching (alongside other professions) can be defined by some as emotional labour (Tsang, K. K., 2011), it can really get quite uncomfortable and even personal when people criticise or devalue your work.  Difficult situat...