ONL journey - the bumpy road of K.S.

The 1 Topic has just finished, presentation was posted on the ONL172 community and our group site (PBL13). And what now? Yes, indeed, it is time for reflection. Time to think what I have learned, how I regard ONL in general, who am I in the digital world, how far I want to go in gaining digital knowledge and abilities. It turned out that I am not that bad using digital tools and computers in the broad meaning. Previously when something did not work properly in the area of foggy computer world I always called someone to ask for help – now I at least try to solve the problem on my own. For me, it is the first small success. It also turned out that looking around in the digital world and searching for something that would suit my needs gives me joy. Now, I might be becoming a well-settled visitor (good introduction to visitor vs resident can be found here ), long way to become a resident. And even I am trying to use the virtual sheet of paper to write my notes, instead of elaborates ...

It is my first post in the #ONL172, and also the first in my life. As probably many of us, I did not expect to be obliged to create my own blog - I thought that fb (not a very active user), gmail, MS Office is all that I could take from the computer and web ;) However life has its own plans. I became involved in the FOCUS project (https://www.ku.lt/focus/) - that aims at creating e-learning courses from two disciplines (marine biotechnology and coastal tourism). And the gates have opened... In my country, education and the attitude of people involved in the process of education, has started to change just lately - now the digital tools are becoming more and more popular (however still not with all teachers - as it is said You can't teach an old dog new tricks). First cell phone - when I was 18; first computer in my home - when I was 20. Now? Now children in the primary school learn to code (good!), and they have the cellphones (only safety reasons of course ;) ) available almo...