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my personal learning network
I had forgotten about this but it is important, and it is important to remember what my personal learning network looks like. More important is the way that I use it. Do I recognise and use my PNL to it's full potential? Probably not!!! 

reflecting on my professional practice
I have been in this role for 8 months [time to start wondering whether my fixed term contract will be renewed yeah?] I love the opportunity to develop additional online units, in the process of developing three for the Diploma of HR and the Diploma of Management. Also working through getting myself and my colleagues up to speed on the new LMS we have introduced.

I just heard that three new groups of students are being enrolled for April/May and they will need to complete one of my online units - we will build the HR and Management presence online brick by brick or maybe student by student.....I am gonna be busy for awhile yet

oh here is what one of online units looks like fyi.......

[|reflect and connect community]
I haven't done any work on my wiki for quite some time. It is amazing what a request to join will do for your motivation to make sure that there is something meaningful in the space to encourage people to stay and maybe bring their friends and colleagues.

There is a picture on the wall at Croydon that pleases me ...the whiteboard is home to inspirational and motivational tags/slogans/sayings. I might just do it in a Prezi presentation!!

Until then this pleases me also

[|communities of practice]
Posted on [|December 22, 2010] by [|r2belearning] I joined two communities of practice one is a yammer group at Swinburne – the members are all change agents working on the new learning management system that is being introduced in early 2011. The Yammer group is made up of like minded elearning leaders who bouce ideas off each other, who share issues and challenges with developing effective elearning tools and teaching materials. The second community of practice is my writing group this group is made up of people who are completing their Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing. Again we share ideas on writing and critique each others writing efforts. Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|my bubbl.us]
Posted on [|December 19, 2010] by [|r2belearning] some great feedback from Coach Carole related to my bubbl.us mind map……….I want to keep this feedback so that I can build on the mindmap and continue to use it to reflect……….. Hi Sue, thanks for the comprehensive Bubbl us mindmap. It matches your E-action plan very well. For future iterations of this file, you may consider adding your name and the date in a separate bubble so that you can go back and note your thinking at that time. I think what you have is the material for two separate mindmaps: one that focusses on your networking and another that focusses on your teaching, learning and design work. CC Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|I like this …..]
Posted on [|December 15, 2010] by [|r2belearning] You are the sculptor of your life. The thoughts you think & the actions you take create the form your life takes. Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|reflecting on a critical incident]
Posted on [|December 14, 2010] by [|r2belearning] a critical incident – is my change of job a critical incident or the decision to start my own business? both are really aren’t they? My new job is still in teaching, I have just moved organisations. My new organisations, I believe has a better elearning strategy and there will be opportunities for me to move into that area. I have been given elearning leader responsibilities. It is interesting and challenging moving into a new environment where you need to build relationships and your personal credibility. There are a number of people in the new environment who are very resistant to elearning and the development and delivery of online materials. I am developing those relationships and working to persuade individuals that there are significant advantages to making materials available to students online. Many of these individuals need to change the way that they teach, they need to recognise the need to add value to face to face. They also need to recognise that online learning can be a rich and rewarding environment. It is challenging getting people to identify the need to change. Softly, softly is the way to progress, small changes delivered regularly … Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|Personal learning network]
Posted on [|December 8, 2010] by [|r2belearning] I need to create a picture of my personal learning network…I am looking at mind mapping tools to help me complete the task. My network is large and I do not use it as I should, I skim and tend to miss important connections. Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|Reflect and connect]
Posted on [|December 8, 2010] by [|r2belearning] I have been so busy doing things that I have completely forgotten my commitment to the reflect and connect team (for which I apologise) I am playing catch up which does my professional image and integrity no justice. I need to prioritise desperately. Things are just getting busier. I am trying to get the assignments completed in my online course. I missed a collaborative exercise which sounds like it was fun. I totally missed an opportunity to network. However I am catching up I need to take this as a learning experience and a development opportunity now I need to corral my thoughts and actions and work through my to do list methodically. I am tending to jump from issue to issue, putting out fires and not really achieving what I need to achieve. Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|Converge 2010]
Posted on [|November 25, 2010] by [|r2belearning] There have been some really interesting and engaging presentations. Thinking about how they apply to my teaching and also to my learning. There are a few sessions that I have been unable to attend that I want to know more about. Wodonga Tafe @gsyoung; Learning Design Tool @ Australian Learning Framework; Box Hill Tafe and their project; eportfolios; communities of practice…….many tools to assess and determine where they fit in my teaching. Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|some key points????]
Posted on [|November 25, 2010] by [|r2belearning] connect communicate create content collaborate & contribute to the conversation. getting information off the internet is like trying to take a drink from a fire hydrant. Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|converge 2010]
Posted on [|November 25, 2010] by [|r2belearning] at converge10 listening to Joyce Seitzinger …….@catspyjamasnz on twitter Joyce is talking about personal learning networks – talking about wiring people for technology as an essential aspect of learning Posted in [|Uncategorized] | [|Leave a comment]

[|at athe airport waiting – more coffee]
Posted on [|November 24, 2010] by [|r2belearning] Finished my meetings in the city now waiting for Bec’s plane to arrive. Macca’s makes a good latte at the Melbourne Airport. I have a bit of a wait so time to do some marking and to maybe catch up on reflect and connect I have to listen to the Elluminate sessions from last week and this week and get stuck into the work my team needs me to complete.

Busy sorry to let people down have to catch up…..