Expanding Horizons

Last week, Alice and I got the chance to attend a 4-day seminar on e-learning... it was sort of an achievement for us, having been recommended to attend that seminar from among all the staff of the institution... the seminar was very informative, and new methods and techniques with regards the use of LMS (in this case, Moodle) in making the learning experience of the students more interesting were provided to us... e-learning, I believe, is very important in the current education setup. In this age of information technology, where students have an abundance of information within their reach, it is but fitting to explore on new strategies, and new ideas to make learning more interesting, fun and interactive for them... We are in an age where adults are usually beaten by kids in the 'technology track', and henceforth we have to adapt to the new forms of learning pedagogies as well...

Anyways, as I said, the time spent in the said seminar was worth it... it was kind of costly for us, I may say :-( having spent for transport and meals and other relative expenses during the seminar, but the experience gained and the knowledge acquired is more than worth the amount spent during the 4-day activity... we also managed to have a little bit of renewed bonding with our friends in the area where we stayed during the 4-day seminar... indeed, we are really very lucky that it happened for the both of us... as it is, the institution is planning for an echo seminar, and we are really enthusiastic to share what we have learned with our colleagues... it should really be inherent for the educator of today to be familiarised with these technologies... uploading lecture materials...doing quizzes online... including online interactive activities to form knowledge bases.. etc. I believe that this is the right step in educating the students of today...

I'll tell you more of these next time :-)