My Learning Space

Social constructivist theory asserts that we learn well from the act of creating or expressing something for others.  Over time, a social group constructs knowledge artefacts for one another and establishes a culture of shared meaning. Similarly, teaching and learning become more effective by understanding context. The proliferation of social networking sites such as My Space, Facebook and Ning demonstrate the potential of communication and collaboration tools in the context of education.

My Learning Space has launched its free Social Network courtesy of the team at Ning. Join our global community of educators. Exchange ideas about innovative teaching in blogs and forums, share audio, photo, video resources and work together by creating your own groups on the network.

Click here to access our Social Network. Please note that you are required to register on the network using a valid email account.

Open Learning advocates flexible education that can occur about anything, anywhere, anytime by anyone. This concept redefines the traditionally held view of education whereby students and teachers are bound to a strict bureaucratic system.

My Learning Space has now made available a series of free Open Learning courses designed to promote the professional development of educators. Each course contains a sequence of activities, resources and references. Essentially, all courses are self-enrollable, self-paced and self-directed, however, there are tools for educators to connect, communicate and collaborate with other participants throughout the experience. Upon successful completion of each course, teachers are able to download and print a Certificate of Participation.

Special mention is due to Open University in the UK for generously sharing their resources under a Creative Commons agreement and Chardelle Busch for her contribution to Moodle’s certificate module.

Click here to access Open Learning courses. Please note that before enrolling in courses you are required to register using a valid email account. Click here to view a summary of current courses.