Having access to the Internet is an important part when technical vocational teachers in Southern Sudan are sharing information and learning together through their blogging. It also enables communication with the Sudanese and other Master's Degree Students in Vocational Pedagogy whether they are in Kampala or in Norway. It enables the Master's Degree Students to support the advancement of technical vocational practice in Southern Sudan through their blogs as well as through questioning and commenting in the blogs of the technical vocational teachers. Such a collaboration can become a very powerful force in strengthening the technical vocational learning and practices.
The comments of Barnaba Mayor and Fatin Osman to Towongo Steven's blog serves as a good example of such a collaboration across the geographical border between Uganda and Sudan. Barnaba Mayor is one out of seven Southern Sudanese Master's Degree Students in Vocational Pedagogy under the NOMA program in Uganda. Fatin Osman is a lecturer at Upper Nile University in Malakal participating in the Norwegian FK Staff Exchange program.
In a later post Towongo reflects upon the thoughts of Barnaba and Fatin and by that demonstrating the power of Internet supported collaborative learning.
However, lack of access to the Internet must not be allowed to become an obstacle to the daily and systematic work of ours to improve our professional practice. Pen and paper are still important tools as well as the ability to observe and to co-create rich professional dialogs. Asking critical questions during our search for information to increase our understanding and to improve our practice is still vital. When this is done and perhaps even documented by pen and paper, then the access to Internet-publishing might be a limitation.
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Dear Trond,
It is great a achievements to see and read about all this experiences. But I am getting confuse now, it is hard to know among the blogs who are from Yie, who are from Juba, soon also we are expecting Wua and Malakal In addition to Master students from Norway and Kampala. What do you thing can be done to keep the identity and to enable our reader to understand that his reading a blog that reflect the vocational pedagogy experiences from Yie or Malakal context.
Dear Trond,
Your Article has caused me to reflect more about the intitiatives of all of us to keep updating our blogs. Access ot eh internet may not be the only cause of not updating or blogs but rahter several other factors. I will again ask all especially those who have full time access too the internet.."how can i improve my practices?"
Dear Trond,
Your Article has caused me to reflect more about the intitiatives of all of us to keep updating our blogs. Access ot eh internet may not be the only cause of not updating or blogs but rahter several other factors. I will again ask all especially those who have full time access too the internet.."how can i improve my practices?"
April 7, 2009 6:18 AM
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