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1/7/2016

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We were prompted by our professor of OLTD 503 to design an image that represented our experience with Online Teaching and Learning so far. As I reflected on what image could be a good representation, I thought back on my experiences with the Internet, and  the magical world we have available under our fingertips;  how amazing it is to be able to reach and create these meaningful connections with each other, so far away. In my experience, relationships through the Internet can be even more real than face to face, as the defenses and facade we often hold up are removed and we are able to relax. We hear a lot about faking things on the Internet, but in my experience, people can be very sincere and honest through the Internet, and you can get to know a whole lot about someone very fast -- things that you would normally learn very slowly. Creating connections through the Internet often drives people to tell a great deal about their ideas and inner considerations, something we are very guarded naturally to do face to face.

This image came to mind: 

Connections

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This is a simple collage of several images I found on the Internet -- I thought that was apropos :)

Online, each one of us is the master puppeteer of our own learning; we only get as much as we want. But with every keystroke, we make connections with other real individuals out there. Our thoughts and ideas become interlinked, like a giant cat's cradle, and everyone contributes to the knowledge base. In a way, we are all teachers and students; we should encourage our students to get "entangled", to create content, to interact and explore. Without getting their fingers "tangled" on others' thoughts and work, without the interaction between people, then all we are left with is a boring database, with no soul. I am looking forward to encouraging meaning-making and connections between my students, so that they can become excited about their own learning.



** Sources for images are as follows:
Keyboard: http://masterblog.front.lv/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/benkey_2.jpg
Hands: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3sPesSK44c/TgFTqLR2pyI/AAAAAAAAASw/MhQBgQwdVzM/s1600/grabbing-hand-psd19419.png
World: https://adjustingcourse.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/blog-pic-11.jpg


4 Comments
Marieke Holtkamp
1/8/2016 01:54:14 pm

Thank you for this wonderful post, Angela. I was immediately drawn to your image, it is very powerful. I agree that we are all teachers and students in some form, in all aspects of our lives. Recognizing that we can teach and learn at the same time allows those connections to become richer and more meaningful. Getting our "hands dirty" and becoming entangled allows us to experience things we would not normally be able to. I also appreciate your positive attitude towards the connections that can be created online and that for some people it allows them to be more open and honest than they would face to face.

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Angela
1/8/2016 05:29:28 pm

Thank you for your comments, Marieke! I am curious to think of how my concept image would change by the end of the whole OLTD program. :)

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Jillian
1/14/2016 07:18:09 pm

Angela, your artistic talent shines here! I love the creativity and how you've taken your own thoughts and melded them together to create this image! The vocabulary you use of "entangled, interact and explore" fits the image and it really makes you think of how far and wide messages can reach using online communication. Not only that but how a resource could start small and with this vast network become something collaborative and huge! Thanks for an inspiring image Angela!

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TS Escorts Dudley link
5/13/2025 01:02:04 am

I agree online connections have great potential for depth.

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