ONL212- Reflections on learning

Water photo created by wirestock - www.freepik.com What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? Why? If asked whether or not to join the course my answer would definitely be that it is worth spending the time on. There are numerous benefits. First of all, it is a great opportunity to meet open and skillful people from all over the world. Thanks to the meetings we had a chance to share information about the latest teaching trends and methods. Secondly, I have learnt about cross-cultural openness and ideas how to collaborate synchronously and asynchronously. The third point is connected with the practical knowledge about using numerous tools and methods to implement into our daily teaching practice. Above all, the course gives time to reflect on routines and breaking them. In result changing teaching into more effective and inspiring practice. How will your learning influence your practice?   Development of blended learning will

  Banner vector created by macrovector - www.freepik.com Teachers are usually committed professionals whose challenge is to plan learning process so that it makes the biggest possible difference to students’ learning and progress. There are numerous issues that have to be taken into consideration, like structure of the course, goals to achieve, scientific content, assessment or the planned workload. However, success in the world of employment is strongly connected with so called soft skills , by which we understand social and emotional abilities. Unfortunately, they are often forgotten in syllabuses and curriculums. In fact, the sooner they are presented and trained, the more profitable it will be for our students. Soft skills will help to open mind, become ready to adapt to new environments and overcome obstacles. One of the first people dealing with soft skills was Dale Carnegie in 1930’s in his book How to win friends and influence people? (Carnegie,1936). It was a self-help book