What a hectic weekend in the microbiology laboratory. Now I can finally concentrate on my e-learning project. E-learning is great, but today Louis, Hillary, Adelle and I are meeting in person to talk (chat is a better word) about our projects and to share ideas.
When I worked this weekend I realized again how important safety in the laboratory is. We worked with a Neisseria meningitits strain and if you are not careful and work according to safety protocols you can contract meningococcal disease in the laboratory. This made me think that I should try and upload a short cell phone video on my blog demonstrating a practical aspect of safety. I am not sure how easy it is to do though.... for a novice like me. Maybe JP can comment.
Hey, why the segregation! LOL.... glad you could chat with like-minded visionaries :) I actually read an article today where students had said that collaborative e-learning does not work because they were 'prevented' from interacting with each other on a personal leverl. The author of the article pointed out that this was never the case, students were in the same venue/area regularly but chose not to discuss their projects.....makes me wonder about myself! I think sometimes it is a good idea to peek out from behind the laptop screen and look your fellow students in the eye, so good for you!
ReplyDeleteI would do a mobile upload either to youtube or FB and then post a link in the blog.
Not sure if that works, but probably worth a try:)
Dear physiokeiller
ReplyDeleteWe heard that you are not currently on campus and therefore not included in the tea session. (Adelle: source) Thank you for the suggestion, I must admit I have not thought of the link idea. I will see what is out there!
Dear Bugsy
ReplyDeleteSorry for the late comment. I think Physiokeiller's suggestion is a good one. Upload to YouTube and then embedd in your blog. YouTube is good as it optimises your video and makes it playable on most computers. FB might have some issues with having to log in before you can view, but I might be mistaken.
May your teachings lead to a non-meningococcal lab (sounds very bad)!