Singing together
Do you learn anywhere? Learning doesn’t have to be in an academic or formal environment. You can learn in other environments than an institution. You learn when with others. Take learning a skill....
View ArticleI never want to take an exam again!
“I never want to take an exam again!” Several of my OU AL colleagues, talking about possible further study, recently said they too were never going to take another exam, but would take courses without...
View ArticleProfessional learning
One of the OU modules, TM129 Technologies in practice, includes a block on networks, but unlike other modules I tutor, I’ve not done anything professionally with networks. I know a little about them...
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Cisco exam!
You know how I swore I’d never take another exam ever again? Well, this b* Cisco course of course it has an exam. Several components count towards the final grade. You have to: Complete at least 75% of...
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Lemons: and another Cisco course
Sometimes life throws you lemons. I consolidated what I’d learned from that Cisco course by taking the Cisco CCNA2 course too. – a glutton for punishment, but then that’s the point – lifelong learning...
View ArticleLearning to sing the G (The Self-Isolation Choir presents: Nine Lessons &...
I expect lemons have been in your life nearly all year, dear reader. Who has not been affected by Covid 19? Looking back at the year, I realise that Covid 19 by constraining us, forced us to take new...
View ArticleWhat message would you give a politician for schools?
Recently, I was asked the question, “After the pandemic, what message would you give a politician?” Here’s what I’d like to see changed about our schools in the UK. Increase the space for each child in...
View ArticleLucky learning in lockdown
Two years ago I asked my FB friends to write me a list of up to six events / experiences to help me choose things I’d not yet done. You make your own luck is Wiseman’s first principle in his “The Luck...
View ArticleHow can you not learn?
Despite grumbling (https://lifelongstudent.edublogs.org/2020/06/19/lemons-and-another-cisco-course/) that I was never going to use that learning from the Cisco course on security, the OU now has me...
View ArticleLearning without realising it
Watching my toddler grandsons, I observe them learning. They can both concentrate when they are not interrupted (by parent or brother). The nearly two year old at a “Messy Play” event once a month, is...
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