done and dusted; will continue

Yesterday I presented my paper at the World Conference on Online Learning here in Dublin/i mBaile Átha Cliath. Te Whakapaipai, Dílárúchán: Towards Decolonisation via the Digital Self-Directed Study of Indigenous Languages Here's the abstract: In this paper I reflect on the praxis of being a self-directed (Knowles, 1975) second language learner in two Indigenous languages—one … Continue reading done and dusted; will continue →

the liminal

I have continued to pluck away at my Duolingo and Memrise and Māori Made Easy work. The folks affiliated with Motherfócloir have started giving us Duolingo homework again--which is great, except the homework does not have an aligned lesson about what is being learnt (and assessed). This week's was absolute objects. I could probably figure … Continue reading the liminal →

Téim go Baile Athá Cliath?

I go to Dublin. Officially now. Hotel is booked, flights are booked, conference registration will be sorted tomorrow. Six days in town, 4 focused on the conference. And I have 4 more nights in Ireland to sort out. Yay. Also...Irish 103 starts today. Eep! Made a bit more progress in kite 1 too. Brice ar … Continue reading Téim go Baile Athá Cliath? →

Off to Dublin in the green in the green

Albeit helmetless. There is a global, biennial World Conference on Online Learning and the next iteration will be in Dublin in November. A colleague attend the most recent one held in Toronto in 2017 and found it very useful. Several months ago I submitted an abstract, which is related to this blog site: Te Whakapaipai, … Continue reading Off to Dublin in the green in the green →

Slacker

I am doing OK with maintaining my Irish study. Completed Irish 102 MOOC this afternoon and have enrolled in the next two courses (strangely numbered 103 and...107?). I'm leveraging these courses on my own terms: skipping the comments area learning activities and instead focusing on the cultural context and core language skills: vocabulary, verbs, a … Continue reading Slacker →