Today I also began the course tired as I had worked til late the previous evening. I thought that it must be quite difficult to teach this particular group as there are so many skills here. Perhaps it would be good to hear what each person's expertise is so that the lectures could be geared to the prior learning and the needs of the students. It was more interactive today but I still feel that more could be drawn on from the actual participants especially since they are experts in this particular field.
I enjoyed working in the small group with Elke and Andres as I find them democratic, attentive and responsive to ideas.
The afternoon went much better for me than yesterday where I had missed half the class and thereafter felt very lost and bewildered. I realised how it must be for students who join a course late. I also know how irritating it is as a lecturer to have to repeat yourself a number of times for students who join the class late.
In terms of the it's learning system, there are some parts which I think are simpler and easier to use (i.e. more user-friendly) than the learning management system I use, but I was surprised that there are not tools for rubrics, making assessment criteria transparent to both the students (learners) and teacher/facilitators/assessors upfront which is a form of democratisation of education and a way of making assessment more valid.
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