4.4 Tools for Reflection
Blogging is probably one of the easiest platforms to share your thoughts publicly, but reflecting doesn’t necessarily mean having to write a long piece. You can record a video or audio podcast, publish a series of tweets, draw some pictures, keep a photo journal, etc. What follows are examples of open reflection in different formats. Have a look at them and decide how you would like to reflect in Activity 19.
Activity 18: Choosing Tools for Reflection (30 minutes)
- Chrissi Nerantzi's visual diary helping her rework the Literature Review section of her PhD
- MOOC MOOC Learning Reflections by Diana Samson, using Storify to collect tweets
- Becoming an open educator, a video reflection by Susan Spellman Cann
- Photo journal by Wells for Zoë, a small humanitarian organization in Malawi
- Sketchnotes of Sheila MacNeill's keynote at OER15, by Kevin Mears
- Matt Might uses pictures to describe what a PhD is in The Illustrated Guide to a PhD
Further reading
Mr O'Pen Blogs his Experiences
