Musings – Page 6 – Linking Learning

My PLN in action – real life examples of informal Professional Learning

Posted on February 8, 2016 by KayO

So I’ve spent the past 2 weeks reading research papers, articles on professional learning for teachers and professional/personal learning networks and books by David Weinberger and George Siemens. I still feel as though I have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the academic side of social media being used as a source of […]

Summer School – or how much I didn’t know about research

Posted on January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 by KayO

Being a Librarian, research is part of my role. I have been asked to research all sorts of things, and generally if it is out there, somewhere on Google, or in a Database, or on a shelf in the library, I can find it. These research skills are valuable, and I am so glad that […]

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me…

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by KayO

So 2016 has arrived, and it certainly is a new dawn for me. Taking leave from Brisbane Catholic Education, which has been my employer for the past eighteen years, I have taken a leap of faith, and have enrolled to be a full time doctoral student, completing (hopefully!) the Doctor of Education course through Queensland […]