Hi Doug,
It does sound like you have become quite the FLO Enthusiast, welcome to the club!
I wonder if perhaps having students create a "blog post" instead of one online discussion would generate more engagement. I still often read my blog, which contains numerous short assignments from my Provincial Instructor Diploma Program, on a regular basis. (https://vivianachiorean.wordpress.com)
I look forward to learning with and from you.
Viviana
Welcome Neil,
I agree, this is a great opportunity to bridge theory into practice and receive feedback, all within a short timeframe. Are you completing your program fully online? It sounds very interesting!
Viviana
Welcome Derek,
Thank you for the reminder to vote - I worked for elections yesterday and was up since 4:45 am, hence my lack of replies yesterday ;)
I can relate to your experience, I also went through a "double loop learning" process (https://vivianachiorean.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/double-loop-learning/) while completing the Provincial Instructor Diploma Program. I have a Bachelor of Science and was familiar with traditional methods until I explored more about alternate assessment strategies, learning preferences, metacognition and self-directed learning.
I believe we are life long learners and although it may be challenging to "fit" new ideas into our pre-existing framework, the first step is to acknowledge that we might need to be flexible with our "existing structure". I am not a psychologist either so I will stop here. From a scientific perspective while there are neural pathways already in place, we can always create new neural pathways, which only get stronger with repetition.
I look forward to learning with and from you.
Viviana
Hi Brandy,
Welcome! Would you happen to have an image of these eggs? My Romanian background is now curious :) We dye our eggs to something similar in the picture below, with whatever "leaves" we find around, a stocking and boiling water with onion skins. How do you "paint" yours?
Cheers,
Viviana
Photo credit: Bucataras TV.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for sharing your acknowledgement of the traditional lands as well as your family's background - I looked up the location of Cork. I have a nephew in Ireland (Dublin) but have never been. I would like to visit one day.
Viviana