Sophia

This week it was all about looking at things from a learners perspective and entering the learning world they occupy via their chrome book and i-pad devices. The key word driving this session was ubiquity, or ubiquitous. It's a very alluring word, and when it rolls off your tongue it feels exotic, romantically foreign and almost musical. Meaning: being everywhere, constantly encountered, widespread. The connotation behind ubiquity in education is that barriers to accessing learning are removed, and in the digital world, all learning is visible to all learners at all times.  Learning is no longer bordered by the 6 hours spent at school, but continues beyond into the 24 hour day. In a world that has been heavily impacted by COVID-19 and regular lockdowns, the idea of learning being ubiquitous is gaining momentum in a way that it never has before.  All over the world educators had to rethink the delivery of learning as schools were forced to close and students had to stay at home...

The hamster wheel has been working overtime in the last fortnight, and I am thinking how blissfully wonderful life would be if I had 10 clones and could be everywhere I needed to be, doing exactly what I was needed to be doing, in each space. Maybe 11 clones, and one would just be permanently hibernating under the duvet covers, resting, breathing, relaxing and escaping from the busy world. I have just completed proof reading and editing a class set of reports, and it is now DFI reflection time. (Yes, I know that Sunday was created as a day of rest, but I've already covered myself with a few Hail Mary's and forfeited chocolate today, so entry through those Pearly Gates is still within my reach!)  How comforting and reassuring it was to be back in the face to face cohort, after completing DFI Session 5 online last week. Coming through the door and back into a room of the DFI cohorts and educational rockstars that have become my Friday village felt so good. (FYI, "educational...