My Visual Data

After this past week of learning more about the importance multi-sensory elements to Visual works, I changed the type of presentation for representing my data collected from an accessible epublication to a prototype of a multi-sensory display DIY style. I'll include what I would do if this prototype could be worked on to a more …

My First Activity – Mapping Experiences

Our first activity for our "Unlearning and Questioning" course was to create a map of our experiences over the long weekend. We were to document and record our experiences and how we felt at regular intervals throughout our mapping time. I chose to use long weekend to get control back over my 'physical' world so …

Reflecting on Day 4 Exploring the Senses

The morning started with a Sensory workshop and we went to the Materials Sciences Building at OCAD (there are 12 buildings that make up the University). Bev Dywan was our facilitator again today and she shared with us a little about the Materials Science Building and the importance of the 'Trinkets" room that we were …

Reflecting on Day 3 “Unlearning & Questioning”

When I jotted down some notes at the end of day 3 of my 'Unlearning and Questioning' course three things stood out for me: Mapping Context Audience (sorta) This course is getting us ready to think deeper and more broadly about the topics that are of interest to us. The day was facilitated by Bev …

What I learned last week

Woah... my brain was full after last week... and that was only the start of the course... After introductions from my colleagues and the faculty in the course a few things stuck out for me... My introduction was part of the first groups' and as I heard everyone else's introduction I had wanted to put …

A new journey…

This week has been a-mazing (Actually just Tuesday thru Friday 🙂 I started back to school as a learner!!!! How did I get here, well I'm glad you asked... About a year ago I started thinking about going back to school to continue my formal education, mostly due to change at work and wanting to …

Professional Learning – What Is It and What Does It Mean To You?

Professional Learning - What Is It and What Does It Mean To You? Or: "I've Just Done a Bunch of Learning and Want a Plan to Learn More" By Alana Callan, Fleming College The Open Faculty Patchbook was stitched together to provide you with a manual of sage advice from folks that have walked a mile or …

BYOD Day 2

  Day 2:   9 am - noon  in Room C1203 1pm to 3 pm in Room D1111 9:00 to 9:15 Coffee and Donuts Q and A and thoughts from Day 1 9:15 am to 11 am Setting up the Day - Learning Outcomes Anyone?? Flipchart and Markers - sticky notes Turning back your course …

BYOD Day 1

This is the excerpt for your very first post.