Maryannes SSSC23 Journey

16:Learning Digitally To begin to understand the term Learning Digitally I began by reading the article at  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disruption-digital-learning-ten-things-we-have-learned-josh-bersin/ What is Digital Learning? Digital learning is bringing learning to individuals at a location that best suits them. It is a way of learning not a type of learning.  What methods of digital learning are there ?  Some methods of digital learning that I have used have been video tutorials, open educational resources, e- learning modules and podcasts   The focus of digital learning is myself ,the learner and what I learn and not what technology I use to access my learning. I then accessed the article  https://www.macmillanihe.com/resources/sample-chapters/9780230573123_sample.pdf and evaluated my skills as a Digital Learner. As asked I then completed Clarkes questioner and rated myself as follows: I was not surprised that I scored 23/30 as I know I have

SSSC 15:Video Chat and Webinars Personally I am very experienced in taking part in video chats such as on platforms like skype, Facetime and WhatsApp. I used these a lot a few years ago to keep in contact with my daughter who went to work in Australia for a year and a half. This brought me peace of mind knowing that she was safe and although sometimes the connection would fail or there would be delayed speech I enjoyed our chats keeping up with her adventure.  I mainly use WhatsApp now to have family chats with both my girls so we can watch the antics that my two year old granddaughter is getting up to. We used to all be apple phone users and used Facetime all the time but we have all went on to android phones so can no longer use this feature. Although I use it privately I have never used it at work.The reason I would not use it at work is that all communication is done through email, over the phone or face to face. One of the reasons for this could be child protection