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Experts and Novices

Catherine August 30, 2020 0 Comments
There were many things in Benander’s article that resonated with me.  As an article in a journal that focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning, I feel strongly that there is a need to integrate the concept of leadership and organizational behavior into our teaching tool kits.    From a personal leadership perspective, one needs to have the courage to move in with Beginner’s...
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Personal Learning Networks – initial thoughts

Catherine August 29, 2020 2 Comments
It looks like we may be using the words Personal Learning Networks (PLN) and Personal Learning Environments (PLE) interchangeably.  At the moment, I have a preference for PLN as my term of art so I’ll work with that term for this blog post and see how my thinking on this topic evolves over the semester.  I’ll also focus on my education PLN since my risk PLN is a bit more established. ...

What the devil is she up to!!!

Catherine November 10, 2019 0 Comments
I've decided to leverage our remaining assignments to enhance a course that I currently teach on All-Hazards Risk Analysis.  While many of the students come from an emergency background, some do not and all are coming in with a different level of experience.  I'm hoping that the tools I develop will level the playing field and make the assignments more accessible to those who may not have the...

Under development….

Catherine September 15, 2019 0 Comments
Now that I've indulged myself in the creative aspects of the photography assignment, it's time to move back towards reality. I'm thinking that I'd like to create a risk communication work book - targeting emergency managers in the field, rather than a graduate level course.  If this is an area of interest to you, I'm open to your ideas as to what specific templates or guidelines you might like...
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