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Documenting my Academic Professional Development Program Sabbatical (APDP)
Today I presented this short collection of thoughts at an online conference. I consider myself a 'veteran' in the online and in-person presentation challenge, well I have been doing it a long...
Recently I collaborated with doctoral student, Orsi Tuba, at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland where I am based. Together we designed of an active online session with a view to collect...
As part of my trip to Oslo, Norway I was invited by the International Council for Online and Distance Education in collaboration with Fleksibel utdanning Norge to join a panel session of thought...
My side-trip to Oslo, Norway, despite some rainy weather has been wonderful. This city is compact, diverse, walkable, and has excellent facilities and attractions. The public transport includes...
On May 8-9 I attended a small but robust conference in another town in Finland called Lahti. I was surprised to find out that Lahti has a lower population, at about 120,000, compared to...
May day (May 1) is an active public celebration in Finland. The Finnish word is 'vappu' and is originally celebrated as labour day or international workers day, and also celebration of the...
My recent post about attending the CMK event in Reggio Emilia focused on the RE approach. I want to now share the theme of 'computational thinking' and approaches to constructionism, as we heard,...
Despite the end of April looming, it continues to be cold here in Finland - but the snow and ice in Jyväskylä has essentially gone for now, so Spring and Summer are just around the corner I...
Despite colleagues sharing some confusion with me as to why a higher education academic (now) would go to Reggio Emilia (RE) to learn about their approach to learning, off I went. Not only was...
I am in Italy! First time in this country. Yes, I know I was just in Finland.....and I will be going back after Easter, but I have taken a sabbatical from my sabbatical (!) to attend the...