Well I survived to Thursday and didn't go running off to the hills terrified. Mind you I do feel like the new Disney movie "Inside Out" where instead of all the emotions being fired, the spheres represent my brain cells and neurons ....seems my brain will not shut off. Stress is likely a factor adding to this and that overwhelming feeling. In any event what doesn't kill you makes you stronger so let's carry on :-) Now to recap a bit from the week.... -Monday, we discussed knowledge and what it means to 'know'. How do we know? In today's world what do we need to know or what skills are required. I found it interesting to read in Bates (2015) p.16, that the skills he listed as being required in a knowledge society which were adapted from the Conference Board of Canada, 2014, are what most companies call core values and competencies. Skills such as communication, teamwork, ethics etc. Therefore are companies and corporations looking for their employees to have knowledge of these skills or have the ability to articulate and demonstrate these skills? Interesting thought considering based on my experience, most interviews are now BEI or behavioural event interviews. Anyway without getting off topic, we discussed in class how the epistemology of how we know hasn't changed. We discussed lot's of "isms" as well. We ended the day in the Italian gardens going over our mindmaps in pairs. It was interesting to see and share with our partner, mine was Tracey on our personal reasons for choosing our research methods. Mindmaps were a new concept to both of us so we had common ground in the 'newness' of the learning experience especially the technology component. -Tuesday my nerves we calmed slightly with a presentation by Theresa from the writing centre. She gave some great perspectives, 1) nerves are normal (phew) 2) everyone knows how we are feeling (thank goodness) and lastly the whack of online resources available. This is true as I did have the chance to watch the audio/power point slide on writing prior to coming and I played around with the library services page. There is a wealth of info there......so thankful! Next we learned some tips on reading academic papers....another great resource. The afternoon was followed up with team coaching. Sarah had some great pointers for working and being part of a team. -Wednesday we discussed unit 2 readings. Some interesting points and perspectives. We talked of Nonaka's Dynamic Theory of Organizational knowledge creation and then Stu presented the Ba principal. Later we moved onto LRNT502 and our group assignment. I have a great team in Lori-Anne, Judy and Larry...oops I mean Gary. (bit of a story there). We worked for a very long time on this team assignment as our scope was too broad and we struggled as a group on how to narrow it down and stick to the assignment rubric for guidance. We had some brilliant ideas and thoughts that came out in our brainstorming but in the end we managed to focus our topic into a research question. Below is our link to our presentation for you to have a look at team ABUW's work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3113odvxnsI -This morning we presented our assignment and we received some great feedback on how to narrow our question down even more. This whole research thing is a huge learning curve. There are so many tricks and methods on how to narrow your scope that it certainly is a learning journey. It is only day 4 at this point of residency so patience has to come into the mix of those feelings of stress and being overwhelmed. The afternoon was spent at the Open School followed by a visit to the DND-naval base. I will post about those visits later as there's lots to say but it is late and morning comes early. On a personal note, my 12 year old had her theatrical debut in the production of High School Musical tonight in Toronto at the Papermill theatre. I am sorry I missed it and Kirsten if you are reading this "I hope you broke a leg! I am so incredibly proud of you! xo References: Bates, A. W. (2015). Teaching in a digital age BC Campus |