Hi all -- My name is Heather Smith. My home institution is the University of Northern B.C. in Prince George, BC and it sits on the traditional territory of the Lheidi T'enneh but I'm in Halifax, hanging out at Dalhousie, while on sabbatical.
Why register? -- well I've got a lot to learn and I have a little bit of space to breathe during my transition from administrator back to faculty member. I've also recommended BCcampus and FLO courses to other folks and now I get to start taking some of them! I will also be teaching online and so I really need to take all the opportunities to educate myself. I also thing that no matter what mode we use to teach, that opportunities to reflect on our own teaching and learning are invaluable.
What do I know about metacognition? I'm in a strange space of knowing intuitively that it's something I've built into my practices across teaching, learning, administration and so forth but I'm not sure I've always named it 'metacognition'. I suspect I know more than I think I do but I may also know very little -- so I'm wide open to see how this all plays out.
What do I expect to learn? I expect to learn all sorts of things about myself as an online learner - which I'm documenting for my own use. I expect to be able to answer questions like 'what do I know about metacognition' with more clarity and I expect to learn online teaching strategies and practices from the other participants and facilitators as I expect they will be modelled through the process.
That's it for now. I wish you all a wonderful election day!